Paint Maintenance Review

Item: Paint Maintenance at BMW Group UK
Rating: 2.9
Author: Anonymous

at BMW Group UK

Placement (10 Months+)

Data Analysis

Oxford

Review Submitted: July 2024

Overall Rating

2.9 /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!

2/5 - Overview of Role

4/5 - Skills Development

2.5/5 - Support and Guidance

2.8/5 - Company Culture

2.5/5 - Overall Experience

1/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

Attending meetings
Working on various projects, mainly data analytic projects.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Quite minimal responsibility.
I was given a rough project plan at the beginning however there was not a lot of responsibility involved with my projects.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

2/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

I was given a lot of training and learnt a lot of new skills such as:
data analytics L2 and L3- including basic excel skills and using Power BI
PLC programming training
SQL beginner training
Python beginner training

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?

4/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

3/5

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?

I was given a lot of support through training which was required for my role, however not much support/ guidance elsewhere.
For example, I did not have any progress meetings to check in with me and my projects after the first month.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

2/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

3/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Most people were friendly and willing to help.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

2/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

3/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

4/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

2/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

Overall I enjoyed my placement, however the lack of organisation and planning for projects meant I did not learn or was involved as much as I had initially hoped.