Biostatistician Review
by Amgen
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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 Amgen
- 7. Would you recommend Amgen to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Amgen
Overview
Dependent on ongoing trials. This could include programming in R and SAS, creating and QCing TFLs, learning and applying relevant statistical methodology (e.g. survival analysis), conducting literature reviews and a wide variety of other projects.
Skills
Developed skills in programming (especially SAS, R Shiny) Learnt new statistical methods, trial designs and standard practices used in medical statistics
Responsibilities
Yes, but not strictly relied upon - I had clear responsibilities, but if I was unable or needed help I would be okay.
Support & Guidance
Lots of support and guidance, especially by line manager who only had a single student to manage and were readily available. They were also happy to help me with any strictly personal development ideas/questions that I had.
Culture
Very friendly. You are treated as an equal and the importance of good communication is heavily emphasised.
Your Impressions
Immensely! It was a hugely valuable and enjoyable year of my life and a welcome break from University. Having this experience has already gotten me an incredible summer internship and I am sure lots more will follow!
Yes
Show your interest in the industry! They want people who will actually enjoy the year - for the good of you both! If you are already here you must be doing your research. Sign up to PSI (medical stats charity) for free to be a student member and go along to the careers fair and maybe some talks! Reach out to the previous students who have gone on similar placements too if you can.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Pharmaceutical
East of England
August 2023
