Electronics placement Review
at Renishaw
Placement (10 Months+)
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Wooton Under Edge
Review Submitted: July 2023
Overall Rating
4.3 /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
4/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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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.
Investigating with customer returns and some long term projects. Customer return investigations consist of fault finding on faulty products returned from customers
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes with customer return investigations I was in charge of any investigations that I was doing and then also informing customers of the outcome of the investigation
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?
Yes my engendering thinking skills have improved along with my report writing and general business skills such as communication and teamworking
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
The support and guidance was very good both through specific channels provided and more general help through the team that I was working with
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
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?
The culture was reasonably relaxed and very friendly. There was always support when needed and even with deadlines approaching I never felt under too much pressure
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
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 it, especially being able to apply what I learnt through the first two years of university
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Renishaw
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Renishaw to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Renishaw
They value previous work experience and it may help if you can speak to someone from your university who has done a placement there before
