Industrial Placement Student Review

Item: Industrial Placement Student at AstraZeneca
Rating: 3.7
Author: Anonymous

at AstraZeneca

Placement (10 Months+)

Chemistry

Macclesfield

Review Submitted: July 2021

Overall Rating

3.7 /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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

3/5 - Support and Guidance

3.3/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

Analysis of drug products, either working in the lab to prepare and submit samples or in the office analysing data and writing up experiments

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Following initial training, I was left to work fairly independently and run experiments and manage my time on my own. I also completed my final year research project during my placement and had full responsibility over that (with help from my project supervisors).

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

3/5

Skills Development

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

Learnt a range of laboratory techniques that I had either only learnt the theory of at university or not used to a very high level, including NMR, LC, LC-MS and dissolution. Developed skills in planning lab experiments and managing time, alongside scientific communication.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

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?

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?

Due to the impacts of COVID-19, many of the members of my team were working from home for the majority of the time I was on placement. However, I still received a medium amount of support from my supervisor and other team members, albeit it virtual.

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

3/5

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?

Company culture was great, everyone was very friendly and happy to help. Didn't get the full experience due to the pandemic, as normally there would be more events to connect members of the wider department/company.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

4/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

1/5

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?

Overall had a good experience and developed lots of both industry and personal skills that I will take forward into future roles. The company was good to work for and they ran events for other placement students to, which helped us to feel like part of the company.