Undergraduate Review

Item: Undergraduate at JLR
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at JLR

Placement (10 Months+)

Manufacturing

Gaydon

Review Submitted: June 2025

Overall Rating

4.4 /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

4/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

3/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

Completion of simulations for the automation of the press lines, interactions with suppliers and contractors, business presentations to higherups within Stamping, Completion of Undergraduate days under early careers.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes i was put in charge of my own projects which included me interacting with outside suppliers for solutions with very little input from my managers.

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?

Skills Developed: Confidence, Teamwork, Engineering, Problem Solving, Coding, CAD, Controls, Creativity, Leadership.

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?

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?

I received good support from my managers throughout the placement. Failing support from the management you can always fall back onto the early careers team who were always happy to help.

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?

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Very good work culture especially for younger employees such as myself with many amenities given to the employees.

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?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I enjoyed it very much overall. Only a few down periods over the year i was here. Made many connections and friends during my time at JLR making it significantly worth it including the skills given and decent salary earned.