Marketing Finance Analyst Review

The placement itself could have been better with the job role I was given. However the experience of being an intern alongside 50 others was enjoyable and made work easier.

Interns are treated as full time employees at Intel. You are what is known as a blue badge employee (full time) rather than green badge (temporary workers even if they've been there for years). You work on real problems that would require full time hires if you weren't there.

My manager doesn't like to micro-manage, in that she left us to do our job at our own pace. We were set long term targets which we were left to achieve on our own, unless we required further support.

Some weeks were extremely busy and then others were a lot more empty. It was up to me to fill the gaps appropriately. This was a challenge at first as some of the work I took on in the less busy periods overlapped to the very busy periods.

As previously stated our job would have otherwise required a full time employee so we were given as much responsibility as these. One of my colleagues fulfilled the same role as me (for other accounts) as a university graduate, which puts it into perspective.

Training such as presentation and excel skills will help with university coursework as well as when I enter work after graduating. However there wasn't much finance/accounting specific knowledge that I gained that will help my studies.

It was a very relaxed atmosphere. Dress code is smart casual with dress down Fridays. None of the management have offices, so everyone sits together.

It has been running for over 10 years with over 50 interns each year so the process is seamless. There is an open day to meet people to live with and training in the first few weeks is well run.

There are no professional qualifications offered, but there is some training to an extent as previously stated. This was encouraged by management as everyone has to complete certain trainings each year.

This depends on how much you put into the internship. Within finance there are around 12 interns each year and 2/3 are offered a job depending on how good they are. This means getting yourself known amongst management by taking on extra work in other departments as well as completing your core role efficiently. If you really want a graduate job offer and put the work in it is more than possible.

This was probably the best part of working at Intel. You have social events with your team as well as a large community of interns which means there will always be things to do in the evenings and on weekends. Having lots of people to have lunch with is nice as well.

Rent is cheap in Swindon - anywhere from £200-£350pcm depending on how close to town you want to live. Old Town is expensive for pubs/bars but New Town is much cheaper.

Swindon's nightlife is what you make of it - if you're with the right people (you usually are as there are so many interns) then you can have a great night. Admittedly the clubs are of a poor standard but the bars and pubs are nice.

There is a sport and social club which offers discount prices on an endless number of activities. As interns we organised regular football/badminton sessions amongst ourselves.