Summer Scheme Student Review
at Savills
Internship (1 Month+)
Surveying
Central London
Review Submitted: July 2025
Overall Rating
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
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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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.
- shadowed retail agency
- site visit, inspections, stakeholder meetings
- liaising with industry professionals and agents
- canvassing
- assisting to create marketing details/brochures
- comp reports
- extensive research on favourable areas for designated operators
- site visit, inspections, stakeholder meetings
- liaising with industry professionals and agents
- canvassing
- assisting to create marketing details/brochures
- comp reports
- extensive research on favourable areas for designated operators
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- immediately assigned tasks on the first day in important projects
- shadowed many inspections, viewings and client meetings (online and in-person)
- networked with other departments my team closely collaborate with to gain a breadth of expertise and insight
- shadowed many inspections, viewings and client meetings (online and in-person)
- networked with other departments my team closely collaborate with to gain a breadth of expertise and insight
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?
- interpersonal skills
- communication
- collaboration
- multi-tasking
- personal development
- adaptability
- market research
- resilience
- negotiation styles
- soft skills
- map reading and interpretation
- local area expertise
- communication
- collaboration
- multi-tasking
- personal development
- adaptability
- market research
- resilience
- negotiation styles
- soft skills
- map reading and interpretation
- local area expertise
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?
- support and guidance across all teams and departments (from placement to senior board level)
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?
- extremely friendly
- people want to meet you (arrange coffee chats with as many people as possible)
- very inclusive work culture across all levels
- people want to meet you (arrange coffee chats with as many people as possible)
- very inclusive work culture across all levels
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?
- really enjoyed it (gained a lot of insight and experience from a world-renowned real estate company)
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 Savills
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Savills to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Savills
- Be inquisitive
- Show enthusiasm
- Market research
- Network
- Show enthusiasm
- Market research
- Network
