Biostatistician Review
at Amgen
Placement (10 Months+)
Pharmaceutical
Cambridge
Review Submitted: August 2023
Overall Rating
4.6 /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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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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
4/5
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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.
Dependent on ongoing trials. This could include programming in R and SAS, creating and QCing TFLs, learning and applying relevant statistical methodology (e.g. survival analysis), conducting literature reviews and a wide variety of other projects.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, but not strictly relied upon - I had clear responsibilities, but if I was unable or needed help I would be okay.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Developed skills in programming (especially SAS, R Shiny)
Learnt new statistical methods, trial designs and standard practices used in medical statistics
Learnt new statistical methods, trial designs and standard practices used in medical statistics
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?
5/5
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?
Lots of support and guidance, especially by line manager who only had a single student to manage and were readily available. They were also happy to help me with any strictly personal development ideas/questions that I had.
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?
Very friendly. You are treated as an equal and the importance of good communication is heavily emphasised.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
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?
Immensely! It was a hugely valuable and enjoyable year of my life and a welcome break from University. Having this experience has already gotten me an incredible summer internship and I am sure lots more will follow!
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 Amgen
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Amgen to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Amgen
Show your interest in the industry! They want people who will actually enjoy the year - for the good of you both! If you are already here you must be doing your research. Sign up to PSI (medical stats charity) for free to be a student member and go along to the careers fair and maybe some talks! Reach out to the previous students who have gone on similar placements too if you can.
Local Safety Officer and Pharmacovigilance Operations Placement Worker
at Amgen
- Placement (10 Months+)
- Cambridge
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4.9
