Information Management Summer Placement Student Review
at Mott MacDonald
Internship (1 Month+)
Management Consulting
Croydon
Review Submitted: September 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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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Skills Development
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
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 in the programming team within the information management team, writing code in javascript, html, css and VB. I would spend most the day writing/reviewing code and coordinating with project leads what new features were needed and anything that could be improved.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I had quite a lot of responsibility, being given tasks that only I was working on. This meant there was a lot of pressure to meet targets and deadlines as I was involved in a time-restricted feature that had a deadline. A lot of the work that I was doing could only be done by me at the time as it was a new solution which I learnt and hadn't been done before.
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?
I learnt web development from scratch, first doing some individual practice and then by working on the project material. My main role was improving the UI of the website so I spent a while writing CSS and then along with this made changes to the html and javascript. The other role was using VB (excel) which I also learnt from scratch and ended up writing a fully functional 1000 line script.
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?
4/5
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?
I had a lot of support from members of the team working on my project but also other projects. As there were other programmers working on my project I could ask them for help on the web development side of things. For the VB there was nobody in my project team familiar with the language so I received help from other members of the information management team.
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 team were very supportive and open to providing assistance. Everyone was friendly and easy to talk to without feeling any sense of hindrance.
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?
4/5
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 placement was very enjoyable, allowing me to work on areas I was interested in and develop new skills I hadn't even considered. I can't imagine a much more enjoyable placement as I was surrounded by great people and working on things I enjoy.
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 Mott MacDonald
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Mott MacDonald to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Mott MacDonald
Be as honest as possible, optimistic, willing to learn. The interviewers were very friendly so don't stress about giving wrong answers. Try to explain your reasoning and engage in a conversation.
