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Rating
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Skills
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Responsibilities
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Support & Guidance
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Culture
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Your Impressions
- 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 AstraZeneca
- 7. Would you recommend AstraZeneca to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to AstraZeneca
Overview
My role involved the development and validation of cell-based assays. This involves daily lab activities such as cell culture and banking, reagent prep, dealing with compounds and running cellular and biochemical assays to answer relevant questions. This research generates a lot of data, which means that most time outside of the lab involves some form of data analysis or write-up activities. Other day-to-day activities involve attending and presenting at meetings, whether this be with a team, departmental or specialised group of individuals.
Skills
Developed existing presentation and scientific writing skills. Developed primary and secondary research skills. Learnt many new lab techniques including cell culture and running cell-based assays. Built a solid knowledge of life in industry and the activities which people undertake in industrial roles.
Responsibilities
Yes, but not enough to cause undue stress. I was often trusted to guide the directions of my research, with guidance form my supervisor, and was trusted to plan and execute my own day-to-day activities. I was expected to prepare slides and presentations to deliver research to teams, managers and wider audiences.
Support & Guidance
A lot, anything I needed from supervisors or managers was available to me.
Culture
Generally, the atmosphere was great.
Your Impressions
I absolutely loved my placement experience and felt it was a massively valuable experience.
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Prepare well, ask lots of questions in the interview and show a general interest in your interviewers. Try not to be overpowering in group sessions, but don't fade into the background.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Research, Science, Pharmaceutical
East of England
July 2024