Business Analyst Review

Item: Business Analyst at IBM
Rating: 4.1
Author: Anonymous

at IBM

Placement (10 Months+)

Management Consulting

London

Review Submitted: July 2023

Overall Rating

4.1 /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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

3.8/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Business Analyst on strategy focused consulting projects. Day to day this can look quite different. Majority of the time I am using Powerpoint and Excel to produce work. There is a lot of creativity required in solving problems and presenting these solutions back

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, I have been face to face with clients and I have spent a lot of time working towards important objectives.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

3/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Excel and Powerpoint skills developed

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?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

3/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

3/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

Plenty when it was requested. IBM have very supportive employees who are always happy to help.

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?

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Generally the atmosphere was great. There was a slight disconnect between the senior leadership and practitioners at times but these issues are seemingly being addressed.

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?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I had a very interesting year. I felt I had great experience and lots of learning opportunities but I didn't integrate with my peers so much because of heavy workloads at the start of my placement.