Applications Engineer Review

by National Instruments

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Rating

4.4/5
  • The Role
    4.5
  • The Company
    4.1
  • The Culture
    4.6

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • many different types of jobs, teaching, training, writing examples etc - great fun. Doing SR's got tiresome towards the end (however a lot of SR's were interested and made you learn)

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • generally a great atmosphere,the managers (including the MD) sit in the same booths as the interns so you felt equal, i felt this inspired me to work harder

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Always someone available to help, the atmosphere helped to make you feel you could ask anyone for help/support/guidance

    5/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Loved having a full work load, increased my time management skills. When the projects were on we were working late nights, early mornings and weekends. For the amount I learned technically and non technically during the projects its was totally worth it

    5/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Although the Team Leads go through your emails with customers we are still "running the show" with SR's. Overall I felt if you could prove yourself that you were responsible in front of customers you were given the freedom to do more, I was and I did so this was one of the best bits about the placement for me.

    5/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • I feel like I have grown up both technically and non technically during the placement. I didn't feel like an intern at all.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • 90% of the time the atmosphere was grand, there are always stressful times hence not a 10/10.

    5/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Can't fault here. The ow-nus is left on the intern a little but that's the way it should be. The organisation of the training for the first 2 months was faultless

    5/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • 2 months of solid training to get you started! From then on it was what you wanted to get out of the placement was as much as you were going to learn. Which I really liked!

    5/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • 3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • There are not really any opportunities to go into electronic/software design. If I were to go into sales there are relatively good opportunities. To be honest if you were to go into sales, the money is not great at NI

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Lots of interns, lots of young grads, very good socially

    5/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • It's the south of England and not in London. It's fine. Tesco is Tesco wherever you go...

    5/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Reading/London is not far away

    4/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Some good fun events set up by work.

    5/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

International

May 2013

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