Biostatistician Review
by Amgen
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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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 Amgen
- 7. Would you recommend Amgen to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Amgen
Overview
Writing analytical programs in mostly R, but also SAS. These programs were for the purpose of analysing clinical trial data and producing outputs (e.g. tables, graphs). These outputs were then distributed to the wider clinical trial team / trial management. R Shiny was also used for data visualisation projects.
Skills
I did not know R or SAS before this placement. As I used R almost daily on the placement, I can now confidently program in R (I did not use SAS very much, but I still gained a fundamental understanding). I had the opportunity to develop communications skills, presentation skills, and effective time management skills. Managing tight deadlines was another skill that was I was able to develop.
Responsibilities
Yes. From the start of the placement, my manager began giving me small but meaningful programming tasks. The responsibility of these tasks increased over time, and I was also able to take on some important projects. One of these was a large project that I spent a lot of time on during the placement. This started off small as a small project, but became something that carried a lot of responsibility, and involved lots of collaboration with other internal departments and senior management.
Support & Guidance
I received a lot of support and guidance during my placement. Upon starting, all of the staff were welcoming and supportive, and this continued throughout the placement. I always felt that I could reach out to any colleague if I had a concern or question. The guidance and knowledge I gained from my manager was excellent in particular.
Culture
There was a friendly culture and pleasant atmosphere.
Your Impressions
I very much enjoyed my placement. The work was very interesting and I never got bored of it. The people I worked with were very nice, and my manager was very supportive and knowledgeable. The placement students were encouraged to come into the office as much as possible (at least to begin with), but there was never a hard limit on the number of days you had to be in the office, so this was definitely a positive for me.
Yes
You do not have to know R or SAS or be an expert in the pharmaceutical industry, they are looking for people who really have an interest.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Pharmaceutical
East of England
September 2023
