Data Scientist Review
by Roche
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
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 Roche
- 7. Would you recommend Roche to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Roche
Overview
My days usually consisted of a variety of meetings as well as individual work such as literature searching and data exploration.
Skills
I became more proficient in coding in R as well as learning SQL. I was grateful for the opportunity to network and meet many people from across the business. Also, being respected and given responsibilities within my teams, allowed me to increase my confidence in public speaking and presenting.
Responsibilities
In conjunction with my requirements for university, I led a study providing insights into a neurodegenerative disease and produced multiple outputs including presentations, posters and a report. Also, I led a study looking at quality of life in a rare blood disorder and the posters that I produced were presented at an international conference.
Support & Guidance
I was given a manager as well as a development manager, and I had a buddy who stayed with me throughout my placement to provide me with help, especially during onboarding. As there was an established stream of placement students in my department, there was dedicated onboarding and offboarding help to guide us.
Culture
Roche is a very culture-driven company and it was easy to get on with everyone as they were so alike. The company encourages colleagues to follow their interests and I was fortunate to work on many projects alongside my main work which highlighted and promoted diversity and inclusive initiatives within the company.
Your Impressions
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement year at Roche as I was fully integrated into my teams and given a lot of insightful opportunities despite being so early in my career.
Yes
Give it a go! Although it is not one of the most well-known pharmaceutical companies, Roche has a great company culture and an incredible placement scheme if you are interested in data science and human health. There is also a great flexibility once you are on placement to follow your interests and explore other areas of the company that you might be interested in.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Data Science
South East
October 2023
