Student Placement - Analytical and Physical Science Department Review

by Lubrizol

Rating

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

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Both project work and routine work, lab work, presentations, team meeting updates, extra-curricular employee resource groups, report writing, communication with vendors


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • confidence, presenting, independence, practical skills, problem solving, team working, communication, developed chemistry knowledge and how to put it in practice


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Good amount of responsibility, but within a no blame environment so it never felt unmanageable. In charge of certain testing and own project work, with good supervision, guidance and support


  • 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?
  • Good support, never felt alone but was pushed out of my comfort zone in a safe and productive environment


  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Lovely place to work, everyone on site really nice and friendly


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

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

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

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I have really enjoyed my placement and I will be really sad to leave


  • 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 Lubrizol
  • 4/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Lubrizol
  • Absolutely apply to Lubrizol. I have enjoyed my year here immensely and I think it is a fantastic place to get experience in the industry. Go into the recruitment process with an open mind and be yourself, as the company is filled with lovely people who will really make your year.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Chemistry

East Midlands

June 2024


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