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Savills

Summer Scheme Student Review

at Savills

Internship (1 Month+)

Surveying

London

Review Submitted: July 2025

Overall Rating

4.3 /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
4.5/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
3.8/5 - Company Culture
4.5/5 - 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.
I have been working in Operational Capital Markets, Student and Co-Living team. My role entails ensuring various databases are kept up to date, finding comparables assets and creating excel data sheets to log the comparables. I also assisted with investment reports, and financial modeling.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was not given too much responsability as most of my tasks were first drafts which would be improved upon many times after however i was given a lot of responsability in updating and confirming data sets.
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?
Intermediate excel skills, financial modelling skills, time management, organisation.
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?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
A lot of support and guidance from my team.
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 positive, hard working, supportive.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
3/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I enjoyed the majority of my time. When I was only given repetative dataset work it became quite boring but on the whole i ejoyed it, especially when given more meaningful tasks like working on IM reports
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at Savills
4/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Savills to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Savills
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