Analytical Scientist Review
at AstraZeneca
Placement (10 Months+)
Science
Macclesfield
Review Submitted: August 2022
Overall Rating
4.1 /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
4.8/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
3.8/5
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Company Culture
2.5/5
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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.
Working with state of the art instruments, in order to develop and validate analytical methods to ensure safety and effectiveness of the drug.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, you are expected to work autonomously and independlty in the lab post training giving me further confidence to problem solve independently and recognise where it is appropriate to escalate
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?
Further developed soft skills particularly communication
Trained on instruments: LC,MS,NMR, GC, KF, IC
Trained on instruments: LC,MS,NMR, GC, KF, IC
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
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
A fair amount, there was a signifciant training period of around 4 weeks where there are specific sessions for each technique but developing competence in a technique could have been better supported
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?
No blame culture however it is quite a stressful working enviroment due to very tight deadlines, but there is good team dynam ics
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
It has been by far the most challeniging academic year, trying to balance a full time job whilst doing uni work, but it has led to many accomplishments, so I'd say bitter sweet.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
2/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at AstraZeneca
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend AstraZeneca to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to AstraZeneca
Be prepared to work very hard if you are in your final year at uni on a year in industry. But as a company, the culture and values is great and take a very modern approach to solving problems, as well as inclusion and diversity and also teaching/mentoring
