Technology Intern Review
at M&G plc
Internship (1 Month+)
Data Analysis
London
Review Submitted: August 2023
Overall Rating
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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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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.
I worked on two separate projects with the Investment Data Platform team.
The projects I worked on:
1. Wrote C# code for the internal data hub.
2. Developed a data/ML pipeline for a business middle office team.
The projects I worked on:
1. Wrote C# code for the internal data hub.
2. Developed a data/ML pipeline for a business middle office team.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given lead on the data pipeline project, I was expected to reach out to the relavent parties and make key decisions. This project will hopefully form the standard practice for that team as this is their first end to end data/ML pipeline. In short, lots.
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?
- Apache Spark.
- CI/CD.
- Stakeholder management.
- Presenting own work.
- How to use and transform real world large datasets.
- C#
- CI/CD.
- Stakeholder management.
- Presenting own work.
- How to use and transform real world large datasets.
- C#
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
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?
My manager allowed me to get on with my work for the most part, helping if I got stuck and providing advice on my code style. The rest of the team were happy to help too and gave guidance on their respective specialisms.
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 company culture is very open. Everyone is happy to talk and everyone is very friendly. Management were very accessible. Some teams are very remote based.
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?
The internship was very rewarding, my manager pushed me to develop and learn. The pipeline project was a very excited and rewarding opportunity to develop soft skills and apply my programming knowledge. This project was found by my manager when I mentioned to her on the first day that I am interested in ML.
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 M&G plc
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend M&G plc to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to M&G plc
For the tech scheme, programming knowledge isn't required. They test for more of the soft skills. Even in the grad scheme non software engineer rotations are available.
