Integration Engineer Review

by JLR

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Rating

3.6/5
  • The Role
    4.1
  • The Company
    4.2
  • The Culture
    2.1

    The Role

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

    • Plenty of work and opportunities to get involved in

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

    • Very friendly and helpful working environment

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

    • Management was very willing to let you get stuck and and learn from the surrounding engineers how to do the Job

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

    • Work load although naturally varying, was a good balance overall

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

    • Responsibility given was proportional to ability, and encouragement was given to take up more responsiblity

    3/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • The ability to apply the skills gained during my degree has been invalulable

    5/5

    The Company

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

    • Half the placement took place in the workshop, the rest was in the office, busy doing work that couldn't be done in the workshop!

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Some of the work flow was left to me as a placement student, although this seemed disorganised at first it was a valuable opportunity for me to pick up projects that I felt benifited my personal development and

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • They paid me... Also they sponsor me for my final year, and automatically add me to an assessment centre for a graduate job.

    4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Flexi Time

    Subsidised/Company Gym

    Working from home
    5/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Added straight to an assessment centre

    4/5

    The Culture

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

    • Plenty of banter! Nice lot. Depends on the department.

    3/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Nothing at the Gaydon site, middle of a load of field.

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Lived to far from work to comment

    2/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • You could always hang out at work on the weekends as well?

    2/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

East Midlands

August 2014

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