iX Business Consultant Review
by IBM
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 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 IBM
- 7. Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Overview
Daily tasks include running meetings with the project team, delegating tasks and gathering updates on tasks that are in progress. Business Analyst - Market research, writing tickets on how different product features should work Scrum Master - project management skills Service designer - user research, Visual and UX design work on figma and blender with 3D work.
Skills
I acquired lots of new skills, a low level understanding of different coding languages, mainly in Swift. The use of new design tools with Figma and Blender, the importance of design in any project. I grew my project management skills, understanding how a project works best, how to get the best out of your team as well as many other situational skills. Personally, confidence has grown including giving presentations.
Responsibilities
Yes - I was given lots of responsibility over the course of my internship. At the beginning I was a trusted resource on projects and this confidence and trust continued to grow throughout my placement. At the end of my placement I was the product lead for a couple different client offerings.
Support & Guidance
Task manager and foundation manager were always on hand if I had any questions or worries. Be it personal or professional, I always felt supported. My other colleagues also always wanted to help me grow, gain new skills and have different experiences.
Culture
Company culture was great, everyone is trusted to get on with their tasks, no micro-management, the agile way of working and approach to projects was key to maintaining a great team culture. The work life balance in the office and outside of the office was great.
Your Impressions
I have really enjoyed my placement, I am sad to be leaving but fingers crossed, I will return as a graduate!
Yes
Take every opportunity you can, there are so many projects and industries to get involved in, you will always be learning.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Management Consulting
London
July 2024
