Overall Rating
4.9 /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!
4/5
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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.
Supported the team of sellers by holding responsibilities including but not limited to: completing data analysis, creating sales materials, identifying potential sales opportunities, assisting with pre-sales work such as creating contracts & deal pricing, helping with improved management-level strategy and reporting of deals, and any other work which sellers required help with in order to progress deals. Outside of this role, I completed 100s of hours of learning, both related & unrelated to my role.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given plenty of responsibility in supporting the sales team, through the responsibilities previously mentioned. However, the amount of responsibility was still capped, eg I wasn't allowed to go out and sell software myself, but this is of course to be expected to be as a limitation in an intern role.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I have developed all soft skills, with clear examples on the tasks which I did to improve these skills. I have also exponentially increased my knowledge of sales and technology.
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?
I received a lot of support from both my task manager (who I worked with daily) and my foundation manager (HR manager for early professionals). I also received significant guidance from the sellers within my team as well as my mentors from other parts of IBM.
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?
It's a friendly place to work. A key difference that you'll see at IBM compared to many other companies is the emphasis on work-life balance; it promotes healthy working patterns.
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 enjoyed my placement a lot. I've walked away having had noteworthy achievements whilst at IBM, I've learnt a lot, and I've met some great people; it's all that I hoped to achieve whilst here. I'd definitely consider returning to IBM in the future.
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 IBM
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Just be yourself throughout the application process; if you pretend to be someone you're not, you'll eventually either fall through during the process, or have extensive difficulties with work once you join. Also, stay patient with the application process - it can take a while.
