Vaccine Clinical Research Scientist Undergrad Review
at Pfizer
Placement (10 Months+)
Pharmaceutical
Marlow
Review Submitted: June 2025
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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.8/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
3/5
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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.
Daily tasks involve reviewing the data base of participant information and querying inputs.
Overseeing protocol deviations and logging and organising these.
Assisting the clinical team on safety and project calls.
Drafting and reviewing key documents such as protocols and consent documents.
Overseeing protocol deviations and logging and organising these.
Assisting the clinical team on safety and project calls.
Drafting and reviewing key documents such as protocols and consent documents.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Were given our own sites to review and were able to communicate problems that we noticed independently. Able to lead non-work projects such as seminar series and colleague resource group initiatives. Able to lead on smaller non-key documents.
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?
Presentation, attention to detail, communication, data handling and analysis, general clinical trials knowledge and management
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?
Manager and study team were always on hand for questions, support and guidance
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?
Team were very supportive and friendly and lots of activities going on at the main UK site which smaller sites can be involved in
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
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?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I loved my placement at Pfizer! I got to work on really meaningful projects across vaccine clinical trials and learnt a lot over my time there in a great team.
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 Pfizer
3/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Pfizer to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Pfizer
Make sure to put plenty of detail into the answers on the form, try to be involved with the other interviewees during the assessment centre, and research the company and role in depth before you apply to be able to show your passion for the role
