Electronic Quality Intern Review

Item: Electronic Quality Intern at BMW Group UK
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at BMW Group UK

Placement (10 Months+)

Oxford

Review Submitted: July 2022

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 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

4/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - Overall Experience

3/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Daily meetings of the production status of the plant, breakfast is usually had with the team, around the morning meetings, during the day you have time to work on projects assigned to you, as well as working in the workshop physically on the vehicles, for example implementing external hardware into the native computer system of the vehicle, testing the vehicles functions and making sure no faults occur during this process.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I had weekly targets to meet for most of my projects, and having this time based allowed me to organize my working week around those projects, i had specific tasks to complete within that time and in most cases I would have to implement my own ideas to make the project better or add a different take on the task at hand.

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?

I have managed to inherit some soft skills such as socializing with the team and becoming more confident as the placement had took course, furthermore living away from home allows you to develop skills such as time keeping, cleanliness and being organized.
The culture has allowed me to see how a team is ran and what goals and aspirations one should be able to achieve when you put your mind to a task.

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?

4/5

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?

Within the software that I used, included a vast amount of training material also a lot of live support. furthermore the managers and my mentors were happy to help as much as they could in aiding any issues I may face.

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?

the culture was the best, they really make you feel like you are apart of the team and the atmosphere is very upbeat, everyone in the team and also surrounding departments are very helpful and will always go the extra mile to make sure everything is up to standard.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

5/5

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 enjoyed physically working on the car the most about my placement as well as actually learning new software that will broaden my horizons for potential future job prospects, utilizing the many benefits of the company such as using the scheme cars to test drive, adapting the corporates culture into your own daily life, and overall gaining a lot of experience from the vast amount of technical staff who have been working at the company for many many years.

Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

4/5

Please rate how your experience met your expectations

4/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at BMW Group UK

3/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend BMW Group UK to a friend?

Yes

What advice would you give to others applying to BMW Group UK

the interview process was very long and they took quite a while to undergo my application, however everyone's experience will be different. furthermore, the assessment centre was quite challenging but if you have prepared beforehand you should be fine. you have a web based interview where you will answer a series of questions and it will send those recorded answers to the hiring team.
If you are successful, the last shortlist of candidates will have a interview with the hiring manager, which will be the manager of the department you will be working under. having some background knowledge of the company will push you ahead of other candidates, such as when the plant started production?, what do you look for in a vehicle?
preparation for day one would be to keep an open mind and ask as many questions as possible, this is the best way to learn and find out different ways people work.

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