Data Analyst Industrial Placement Student Review

Item: Data Analyst Industrial Placement Student at Experian
Rating: 4
Author: Anonymous

at Experian

Placement (10 Months+)

Data Analysis

Nottingham

Review Submitted: June 2025

Overall Rating

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

3.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4/5 - 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.

Running regular client deliveries using prewritten code scripts taking client data to produce reporting using SAS, SQL and python

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes. I worked mostly independently with full responsibility for tasks with reviews from more experienced team members where necessary

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 SAS coding as well as developing professionally in organisation, time management and my confidence in a professional environment. Develop coding in SQL by solving custom data queries for clients using a range of Experian data sources

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

2/5

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

4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

Lots of support from line managers with any issue. They were happy to help and find someone to help with any issues. Also support from placement team for wider issues