Process Engineering Placement Student Review
at AstraZeneca
Internship (1 Month+)
Chemical Engineering
Macclesfield
Review Submitted: October 2021
Overall Rating
4.4 /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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.5/5
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Company Culture
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.
Planning and running lab based process engineering experiments. Summer placement student so also learnt about different areas within the business.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Lots of responsibility. I was given the outline of a project and aims but then was able to take charge of the project. The equipment I used was brand new so I was the expert in this by the time I left. Part of what I had to do was write a user guide for the equipment so my knowledge wasn’t lost after departure.
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?
Planning + Running experiments
Presenting findings
Team work
Roles of engineers in pharmaceutical industry
Lab training
Presenting findings
Team work
Roles of engineers in pharmaceutical industry
Lab training
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 supervisor assigned to me.
Weekly meetings with supervisor and team manager.
Everyone was very happy to take time out of their day to help with whatever you needed.
Weekly meetings with supervisor and team manager.
Everyone was very happy to take time out of their day to help with whatever you needed.
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?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very friendly atmosphere.
Difficult to get a full grasp of this, however, as COVID restrictions were still in place.
Difficult to get a full grasp of this, however, as COVID restrictions were still in place.
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 enjoyed it a lot. It was an area of chemical engineering I never knew existed before so I found it eye opening. The work was flexible as well so you could work from home if you had no lab work to do and get in/leave (within reason) when you liked. This made it a very stress free experience.
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 AstraZeneca
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend AstraZeneca to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to AstraZeneca
Be prepared for a week of lots of reading through training stuff at the beginning! Ask people for help, they’re always happy to. Ask to see different parts of the business and to shadow people to get the most of it. Don’t be afraid to say if you think you’ve been given too much to do, they just want you to enjoy it.
