Finance Development and Operations Undergraduate Review

Item: Finance Development and Operations Undergraduate at Honda Motor Europe
Rating: 4.8
Author: Anonymous

at Honda Motor Europe

Placement (10 Months+)

Accounting, Business Operations

Bracknell

Review Submitted: June 2022

Overall Rating

4.8 /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 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - 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.

The role mainly involves supporting the Continues Improvement team in different projects, reports and data analysis in order to make accounting process more efficient.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, I've been given responsibilities such as preparing important data files and presenting in front of senior management.

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?

I have learned and developed many new and existing skills such as communication, teamwork, time management, multitask and organisation, professional can-do attitude and self-reliance, attention to details, data analysis, MS office and SAP.

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?

5/5

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

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

I've been constantly supported by my manager throughout the year. I have received training in the beginning of the experience by the previous placement student and after that I have constantly received support by my team, in knowing I am learning, my team have always been available to answer my questions or explain me the reason why something is done in certain way or what's the background behind different projects.

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?

Honda's culture is very open and respectful of the individuals, meaning that all ideas and questions are taken into consideration without mattering of the position in the company. Also, at the moment the company provides good working flexibility with 50% working at the office on a monthly basis.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

4/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

5/5

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?

I really enjoyed the placement year by developing professionally and improving many new skills, but also socially- meeting the other undergraduates, networking with people in the company and my team and preparing for the working life after university. It was a great experience to undertake to help me in feeling more confident and prepared for graduate jobs while obviously provide me with 1 year experience for my CV and many things to talk about on an interview.