Economist Review

Item: Economist at Buro Happold
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at Buro Happold

Internship (1 Month+)

Economics

London

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

5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - 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 on bids and projects. Looking at the economics of various projects. This included financial modelling and socioeconomic research for projects. It is normal for interns to pick up on admin such as CV work for bids and projects aswell.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given some tasks which directly went to a client/ bid. Which was responsibility, this included sorting out Gantt charts and CVs for projects.

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 developed all of my IT skills, speaking to IT at the firm and colleagues in the economics department. They recommended new IT skills and platforms for me to better my IT knowledge. I also developed my research skills, including how to research more efficiently.

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?

My buddy was amazing. I couldn’t have asked for anyone better, really helpful and talked me through everything to make sure I understood how to do the role and how I could develop my skills better for the future.

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

4/5

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 culture was great. The team were all really kind and generous with career advice. 5.30 pm everyone had gone home, except for a few (but that always happens).