Summer Scheme Student Review
at Savills
Internship (1 Month+)
Property Development
London
Review Submitted: June 2023
Overall Rating
4.5 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.3/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Finding comparables for projects that my team were working on. Calling up agents to request further information. Attended a number of site visits to new residential developments across London. Helping price up schemes. Being in contact with affordable housing RP's
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, tasked wndertaking research and tasks that were then used for projects. Tasked with contacting RP's and letting agents whos answers would then dictate the next steps in the project
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Improved my ability to think on my feet and telephone skills through contact external letting agents. Improved excel skills. Improved communication skills meeting lots of new people and networking with others throughout the business. Improved time management skills working on a number of projects for different people within the team.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Everyone in the team was really helpful and always made themselves available to answer any questions and took the time to go through things with me. They were also really helpful in introducing me to others in the business whom they thought could offer helpful advice or whos teams I was interested in.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
All of us interns noticed that it was a really nice environment to work in. Everyone throughout the office was friendly and welcoming and always ready to help. People seemed to get on with each other both in the office and at social events outside of the office.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I really enjoyed my time which was made by the combination of both interesting work and interesting and friendly people.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Savills
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Savills to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Savills
To put themselves out there and try and meet as many people within the business as possible as everyone has something else to share and more advice to give.
