Manufacturing Engineering Summer Intern Review

by Rolls-Royce

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Rating

2.7/5
  • The Role
    2.9
  • The Company
    3.0
  • The Culture
    1.9

    The Role

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

    • The work wasn't difficult; rather repetitive as a whole.

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

    • Nothing special - decent, but not friends and certainly not family!

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

    • Personally had a great Line Manager but heard of cases where intern was completely lost in work.

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

    • Wasn't really given much to do...

    1/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Mainly had to overlook the development of a project, so was given quite a lot of responsibility as an intern.

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Mainly problem-solving skills, and an experience working as an Engineer

    4/5

    The Company

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

    • Generally boring

    2/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Major props to the HR department - entire internship was thoroughly planned out.

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

    • Sat in 2 training courses, wasn't really helpful though.

    2/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

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

    • Lots of interns return to RR as a graduate, so it is rather appealing.

    4/5

    The Culture

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

    • Wasn't really anyone to talk to... was working alone most of the time.

    1/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Derby was a nice and cheap city - never had many opportunities to socialise though.

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

    • Derby was a boring city, while I'm at it.

    1/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Didn't have many opportunities to do much....

    2/5
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Internship (1 Month+)

East Midlands

September 2014

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