Undergraduate Industrial Placement Student Review
at AstraZeneca
Placement (10 Months+)
Science
Cambridge
Review Submitted: August 2021
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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.3/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
3.8/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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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.
Laboratory research, attending team meetings, data presentations
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Mostly shown how to operate lab equipment once and then had responsibility to complete tasks alone. Could always ask other members of the lab team for help though
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Developed lab skills as had no previous experience. Also a lot more comfortable giving presentations and sharing my results with others.
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
I had a supervisor who I was able to ask questions to if needed. I was also supported by the wider neuro team so always had someone around to ask
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?
Due to coronavirus the culture and atmosphere wasn't as lively as previous years and wasn't overly social but internal employee groups e.g. AZinspire provided opportunities to network and socialise
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
3/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
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 enjoyed my placement at AZ. I made great friends and feel like the work I did was meaningful. Due to the current pandemic, I thought the work aspect of my placement would be highly affected but AZ made sure we were still able to carry out the research we had planned
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at AstraZeneca
3/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend AstraZeneca to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to AstraZeneca
Just be smiley and interested on the interview day, I definitely didn't know all the answers but if you ask questions and are polite then it goes a long way. Don't be afraid to get things wrong throughout the year because its so new and everyone does
