Applied and strategic research student Review

by Lubrizol

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Looking at fundamental research and working on current commercial needs. Formulating and testing different additive packages

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Communication and socialisation in the workplace. Developed organisational and time management skills further. Adaptation to the working hours.

  • 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?

    • 5/5
  • 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

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

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

    • Yes. Responsibility to get things done in the lab alone and given tasks involving the need to coordinate with different people to complete the work

  • 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?

    • Lots my supervisor was very supportive

  • 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?

    • Very good. Everyone in the company is very friendly, supportive and happy to help

  • 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 have really enjoyed it but it’s definitely not been easy especially being a final year student with managing uni

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

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

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Lubrizol

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Lubrizol to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Lubrizol

    • Go for it! Such a good friendly company to get experience at

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Chemistry

East Midlands

July 2023

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