Data Science Intern Review

Item: Data Science Intern at King
Rating: 4.5
Author: Anonymous

at King

Internship (1 Month+)

Data Analysis

London

Review Submitted: September 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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

4.3/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

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.

Working on a statistical model, writing lots of code and experiments. Various meetings

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Full control over the project I was working on. I could explore pretty much anything I thought was a good addition and aligned with the project goals

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?

Lots of python coding skills, lots of practice with BigQuery (SQL) which I had never used before coming here.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

3/5

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

4/5

Support and Guidance

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

Regular meetings with my managers where I got feedback and input on the work I was doing. There was no formal training at all on the internship - just given a project to work on and learned on the job although it was easy to ask for 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?

All the people were incredibly friendly, helpful and welcoming. Lots of work events, socials and other fun things going on. Lots of people seem to really like working 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?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I had a very fun time and learnt a lot from it. I might have liked a bit more structured training especially at the start of the internship, but I worked on an interesting project and learnt a lot from the other people on the team