PPM Intern Review

by The Walt Disney Company

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • IT projects support, including meeting organisation, project documentation, operational and high-level reporting and Scrum. Conduct as-is business process analysis to investigate current situations and identify gaps, then suggest solutions for projects with to-be process analysis. Plan, manage and track project with the appropriate tools and project management methodologies. Develop and agree on project plans, timelines and milestones with relevant stakeholders.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Project artifacts - project plan, RAID logs, PID... Tools - Jira, Smartsheet, Confluence, Snowflake, SQL Server Project management methodologies - Waterfall, Agile, Scrum Communication skills Reporting with the right granularity


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • There was the Intern Development Program, as well as other online learning resources so you could explore when you have some free time. My manager was really supportive and provided me opportunities to do some data crunching work due to my interest in data


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Everyone at Disney is super friendly and is willing to teach and share their knowledge with you. It is also very diverse and easy going. Communication and creativity are also a big part of Disney


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I enjoy it a lot and I would 100% want to work for Disney if I come across the opportunity in the future


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at The Walt Disney Company
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend The Walt Disney Company to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to The Walt Disney Company
  • Show your passion


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Project Management

London

June 2023


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