Biostatistics student intern Review

by Amgen

Rating

4.7/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Creating programs in the Statistical software SAS and R to aid senior statisticians in their roles. Such as tables breaking down enrolment in certain countries or graphs showing the efficacy of treatments. Other tasks included online training and meetings between other members of the team.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Communication Organisation Teamwork SAS and R software skills


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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 throughout the placement I was given larger tasks with less direct guidance and input from my line manager


  • 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?
  • Support was always available and my manager was more than happy to talk through and explain any problems I encountered with my work


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Everyone was friendly and kind


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

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

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • It was great! I learnt so much and it has been exceeding beneficial for helping me in my current career path


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

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

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

  • 7. Would you recommend Amgen to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Amgen
  • To research the company and the area of pharmaceuticals


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Pharmaceutical

East of England

August 2023


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