Overall Rating
3.9 /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
3.3/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
2.5/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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.
The team and the role of commercial analyst was poorly described, and also as the team we worked in were allocated without our preference. Therefore, the Team I was allocated was a very specific niche area and an activity which was not the reasons to why I applied here. I was hence not able to develop the skills I was more keen on developing and I was unable to expand my knowledge in the sector of energy was interested in. Also when applying it was not written that the internship is fully online which was a big surprise when I was told such fact when receiving the offer. However apart from the team I was allocated that was irrelevant to application, I was given a lot of responsibilities and exposure, and kept busy the whole time, I had daily tasks to do every day and weeks, I was also given a large project to work on.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given a significant amount of responsibility in my internship, I had to determine areas of improvement for installations of smart meters and then develop recommendations. I also had to compute weekly performance reports sent to stakeholders.
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?
As mentioned previously I developed skills which are not the ones I was keen on expanding and that correlate with my career interest. But I developed my communication skills by talking to engineers and different stakeholders. Also developed my data analysis skills but was quite simple since I was only using pivot tables, so I did no reinforce to a high level any of my data skills and my coding skills such as python or excel which was a shame.
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?
1/5
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
2/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
I received a lot of support ad guidance in this intern, which was something I appreciated a lot. My team was very supportive and also the HR team were very supportive when I needed help.
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?
I really enjoyed the company culture and atmosphere, particularly everyone's amicability and approachably.
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?
3/5
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?
I was not particularly interested in the team I was given, which was a shame as we could not say any preference, and the activity was very specific. Therefore I felt like the commercial awareness I developed are not associated to the energy market, which is what I was motivated to learn and was written in the job description. Apart from the activity I was given the culture an workplace I really enjoyed and were very welcoming, and the team members were very supportive.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
2/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Centrica
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Centrica to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica
I would raise their awareness that the commercial analyst role has a lot of different activities and to be prepared to be in a team that is not related to the energy market.
