Business Consultant Review

Item: Business Consultant at IBM
Rating: 4.5
Author: Anonymous

at IBM

Placement (10 Months+)

Business Management

London

Review Submitted: May 2024

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

4.8/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

It heavily depends on the project you are working on and your manager.
My responsobilities were admin-tasks, resource management, overseeing commercials (invoicing clients, budget management and financial tracking), working with clients, occasionaly supporting bids and organise events.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given quite a lot of responsobility for an intern, for example I hosted client meetings where I had to secure deals that would bring six figures to the company or in cases when the management requests me to answer bid questions that determine whether we win new projects or not that worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

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?

I enhanced my soft skills, time management, project management and a little bit of technical skills (Excel)

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

4/5

Support and Guidance

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

There is always support if you are looking for it. You have two managers, mentors and team members that are always ready to guide you during your placement.

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?

That's one of the biggest perks of working in IBM which is their humane culture. IBM has very friendly, welcoming and empathetic culture. You feel here like a human, rather than a cog in a corporate machine.

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?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I enjoyed it throughly, however the placement is not completely structured, therefore you need to seek out for the exciting opportunities by yourself in order to to be stuck with boring daily activities.