Data Science Placement Review

Item: Data Science Placement at PepsiCo
Rating: 3.9
Author: Anonymous

at PepsiCo

Placement (10 Months+)

Leicester

Review Submitted: August 2021

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!

2/5 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

4/5 - Support and Guidance

3.8/5 - 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.

Provide support for research projects across a range of sectors in the PepsiCo business. This consists of designing plans for data collection, manipulating data, visualising data and performing statistical calculations.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, as a PepsiCo placement student you are treated as an equal employee, given plenty of responsibility and are trusted with work.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

2/5

Skills Development

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

I've learnt how to pro-actively work on projects as work is often independent/ in small teams. I've developed my skill of telling a story with my data.

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?

Support is also available on demand and everyone is always ready to help if you need it, however, often guidance was limited to help with my learning and development

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?

There is a very friendly and welcoming culture throughout the company

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

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 have very much enjoyed my placement as it has given me an opportunity to work with a wide range of people on a wide range of products meaning that everyday was a new challenge