Commercial Analyst Intern Review
at Centrica
Internship (1 Month+)
Business Operations
Windso
Review Submitted: August 2023
Overall Rating
4.7 /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
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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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.
Tasked with analysing the rewards program to provide insights and suggestions for improvement. Worked on personal projects that were set to me day-to-day, sourcing, collating and undergoing analysis on data, formatting it into a readable format usually for presentations
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given a couple more isolated projects, but I know other commercial analysts worked within larger projects that meant they had a lot of responsibility in terms of the weight of their projects. I was entrusted with a few of my teams BAU tasks and they really listened and valued my opinions. In terms if responsibility of my personal project, I feel I had a lot
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?
Definitely developed technical skills, a lot more comfortable on excel. Soft skills is truly where I developed, so stakeholder management, communication skills, teamworking ability, presentation skills. A lot of my role involved meeting a lot of different people and having to present to fairly senior roles
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?
An incredible amount, early careers team especially as well as my team. Work culture here is really great and have never really felt like an intern, more of a respected employee that's been there for years
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?
Incredible, everyone was really helpful. I spent the first week or so meeting people from the wider company to get a wider feel for the business and everyone made time for me. People are lovely here.
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?
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?
A lot, the people I've met, interns and other employees and people alike, have been great to get to know. I enjoyed my role and had constant feedback whenever I needed/asked. A lot of extracurricular activity opportunities as well
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 Centrica
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Centrica to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica
Prep hard for your role. Get to know the energy industry as a whole and at least understand what each business unit does. If lucky to get in the role, get stuck in. Ask endless questions and personally I would ask if you could have a big project that you can work with rather than multiple smaller ones. Try to make a big of a difference as possible and do the volunteering opportunities
