R&D Placement Student Review
at AkzoNobel
Placement (10 Months+)
Data Analysis, Research
Gateshead
Review Submitted: November 2025
Overall Rating
2.8 /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!
2/5
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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Skills Development
3/5
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Support and Guidance
2/5
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Company Culture
1.5/5
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Overall Experience
2/5
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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.
Coding, data analysis and lab research
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
No
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
2/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Yes, I learnt professional workflow and coding, risk assessment and more
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?
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
My manager reviewed my progress nearly every week, which was satisfactory
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?
2/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very tense, too many rules, endless small talk, people report on you for not holding the handrail
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
3/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
1/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
1/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I didn’t enjoy it, I’m a physicist, not a python coder, daily coding was exhausting, my health condition and office culture worsened the situation, the worst thing is that they sacked me officially after 3 months for doing tiny things wrong, which was strongly inhumane
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
1/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
2/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend AkzoNobel to a friend?
No
What advice would you give to others applying to AkzoNobel
It’s competitive, and works if you’re a chemist, but there’s too many rules on site it’s generally depressing
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at AkzoNobel
2/5
Did you receive an offer to return as a graduate?
No
