Analytical Chemistry Summer Intern Review

Item: Analytical Chemistry Summer Intern at AstraZeneca
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at AstraZeneca

Internship (1 Month+)

Chemistry

Macclesfield

Review Submitted: August 2024

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!

5/5 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - 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.

Worked within a team at Astrazeneca. I was given a 10 week project for my summer internship. This was mainly method development based.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes. I lead my own project. So learnt the whole process. I was responsible for individuay planning all the experiments carried out as well as analysing the retrieved data.

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?

Characterisation of a new technique. Experiment designing. Problem-solving every day. Confidence. Patience

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?

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?

A lot of support. No matter the problem, i was able to discuss it woth my supervisor, who was extremely patient with me and contributed to my skill development

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?

A very positive mindset. The no blame culture is a great example of giving the workers freedom and responsibility for their own actions. Everyone was very friendly in the workspace

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?

4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I very much enjoyed my internship. I was able to develop a much better understanding of all the necessary steps for method/experiment development. This was an exciting process and gave me new challenges every day.