Graduate Scientist Review
at AstraZeneca
Graduate Scheme
Pharmaceutical
Cambridge
Review Submitted: September 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 the Role
5/5
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Experience & Company Culture
5/5
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Recommendations & Advice
Overview of the Role
Overall, how would you describe your experience at AstraZeneca?
Incredibly positive, lots of opportunities to develop, network and explore new areas. A great first job into work.
What are the main responsibilities of the role and which elements of the role do you enjoy the most?
Data analysis
Presentations
Stakeholder management
Development pieces
Presentations
Stakeholder management
Development pieces
To what extent does your role give you the opportunity to contribute meaningfully and feel valued by your team?
5/5
How does your compensation package - including perks & benefits - fairly remunerate you for the work you do?
5/5
- Extra holiday purchase
- Bonus
- Health Insurance
- Free gym
- Free coffee and fruit
- Bonus
- Health Insurance
- Free gym
- Free coffee and fruit
How well do you feel the role is preparing you for your future career?
5/5
5
How would you rate the extent to which you were developing new or existing skills through formal training and your day-to-day role?
5/5
5
Experience & Company Culture
How is the support you receive?
5/5
Support via line manager, mentor, and buddys all provided
How is your work-life balance?
5/5
Work can be busy, but comes in high and lows meaning that you can easily balance personal time
What is the organisational culture, values and general atmosphere like?
5/5
Good atmosphere, people are willing to catch up over coffee and share their skills and experiences. As a graduate you have a community of people in a similar position, so its easy to make friends
How would you rate AstraZeneca initiatives when it comes to equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility?
5/5
How would you rate AstraZeneca CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiatives?
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend AstraZeneca to a friend?
Yes
Why?
- Good pay
- Great experience being in a large pharma company to get a wider understanding of drug discovery
- Great opportunity to explore different functions to discover what you enjoy
- Good community of graduates around to support eachother
- Great experience being in a large pharma company to get a wider understanding of drug discovery
- Great opportunity to explore different functions to discover what you enjoy
- Good community of graduates around to support eachother
How well did the role match your expectations based on the recruitment process?
5/5
When considering the recruitment & onboarding process, have you any specific tips or advice you would give to others applying to AstraZeneca?
-Prepare for the interview by researching AstraZeneca values
- Be yourself
- Research the graduate scheme and identify what in AstraZeneca you want to explore
- Think about WHY AstraZeneca
- Be yourself
- Research the graduate scheme and identify what in AstraZeneca you want to explore
- Think about WHY AstraZeneca
