Cyber Security Intern Review
at National Grid
Internship (1 Month+)
Information Technology, Computer Science
Warwick
Review Submitted: September 2021
Overall Rating
4.5 /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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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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.
Facilitating workshops with product managers and engineers to help define and draft objectives for services.
Work on creating a service catalogue to be shared with the wider business
Work on creating a service catalogue to be shared with the wider business
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Had responsibility when presenting monthly operations to the senior leadership team
Had responsibility for creating a service catalogue that would be used by the wider business
Had responsibility for creating a service catalogue that would be used by the wider business
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Learnt better presentation and communication skills.
Gained more experience in using Excel and PowerPoint.
Gained more team working experience
Gained more experience in using Excel and PowerPoint.
Gained more team working experience
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
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?
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?
Had a lot of support. Met daily with line manager, weekly with business coordinator and had a personal buddy to support and answer questions. Also a student quality improvement group to raise any concerns or issues
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
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 friendly and helpful culture. Staff would be very helpful when I messaged to ask for help or information and people would go out of their way to help.
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?
4/5
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?
Very much enjoyed the internship. Gained a lot of valuable skills and experience and networked with a vast range of people. The work was very engaging and felt that I was really making a difference to the business
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at National Grid
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend National Grid to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to National Grid
Try to stand out when applying. Have strong customer experience examples to talk about in interviews. During the assesment day stand out, network with the assessors and contribute a lot in the group activities
