IT Intern Review
at PepsiCo
Placement (10 Months+)
Information Technology
Reading
Review Submitted: May 2022
Overall Rating
3.9 /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
4/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.5/5
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Company Culture
3.5/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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.
Working on a variety of different IT projects, including creating Power BI dashboards and reports for stakeholders and working on remediating vulnerabilities throughout Europe on a variety of different servers in a variety of different countries. Along with this, I work with a variety of workstreams including Reward and Recognition, which recognizes employee's accomplishments and rewards them for achieving tasks and being successful and their job role. I also work with the Green team, who aim to improve awareness for the environment.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, was encouraged to lead projects or parts of projects after the first 6 months, always encouraged to lead and interact in meetings with stakeholders and able to work on projects with a lot of visibility in the business which was exciting.
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?
Learnt how to use the Power Platform, how to interact with stakeholders for projects in a business context and how to work better as both an individual and in teams.
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?
3/5
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?
A fair amount, everyone is very friendly and always willing to help. It is important to have your own drive to learn new things too as it won't all be handed to you from project leads or managers etc.
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?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very positive atmosphere, all placement students are actively encouraged not to work past our scheduled hours so there is a great work/life balance. Everyone is very friendly and positive too.
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?
3/5
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 really did enjoy my placement, I also got the chance to be extended which is something I really wanted and was given the opportunity to do. The company culture is great, everyone I have worked with is very friendly. It didn't quite meet my expectations in terms of what I was doing technically but I learnt some new software and technologies which was fun.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at PepsiCo
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend PepsiCo to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to PepsiCo
Be aware this isn't a software development placement and is much more IT focused! For interviews, just be honest when answering the questions and make sure to highlight any prior experience you may have, even if it is just from university projects or extra-curricular activities.
