Quality Control Intern Review
by AstraZeneca
Rating
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at AstraZeneca
- 7. Would you recommend AstraZeneca to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to AstraZeneca
Overview
My role was within the Waters lab, where I engaged in microbiological tests of water samples and sent contaminated samples for identification
Skills
This role allowed me to develop my microbiological skills e.g., reading agar plates and recognition of bacterial colonies as well as introducing new skills e.g., pour plates; filtration and streaking agar
Responsibilities
Yes. I eventually was able to enter aseptic areas alone and engage in individual microbiological testing myself as well as reading plates independently
Support & Guidance
The team were absolutely fantastic at accommodating me as well as being supportive while I trained and asked questions about the work while I got my bearings.
Culture
I have never felt so welcomed whilst starting a new job, and the culture within my team was amazing. It was a diverse and friendly team with everyone treating me as if they had known me for years.
Your Impressions
This internship has been one of the best experiences of my life, and I am so lucky to have been trained and treated as I have been. I would highly recommend working at AZ to anybody wishing to develop their scientific skills and wanting to work within a laboratory environment.
Yes
I would advise people to be themselves and try not to get nervous during the interview - it was an easy application process and everybody has been so welcoming. Also, ask as many questions as you wish, everybody was always very willing to answer
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Pharmaceutical
North West
August 2023
