Innovation Developer Review

by Centrica

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    3.8
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Aiding co-workers with projects. Undertaking a solo research project, writing a long form paper and creating slides to communicate finding to stake holders.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Improved research efficiency. Appropriately using generative AI in a corporate setting.

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 2/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 3/5
  • 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

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Given responsibility to complete a solo research project. Not much outside of that.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • Support was available if needed when asked but not actively given.

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Very flexible and open. Culture is both professional and casual.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • Internship was enjoyable with lots of opportunities for growth and learning.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Centrica

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Centrica to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica

    • Be open to learning new things and to new opportunities. You are not expected to know it all, just have a good attitude.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Software Engineering, Research

London

August 2024

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