Summer Placement Review
at Centrica
Internship (1 Month+)
Business Management
Windsor
Review Submitted: August 2022
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.
My role was fairly data driven and complex. I was tasked with finding patterns in large data sets. Within the role I worked remotely and also within the office two days a week which was really beneficial. I was tasked with looking at performance and providing recommendation's to senior people in the business. The role was challenging and the responsibility was challenging but the suppourt networks within my role helped me to succeed within Centrica.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
This is what shocked me the most about the placement. From the get go you were given access to everything and the responsibility to actually plan your own day. The company trusted our ideas and that was massively helpful and as part of my role, the company trusted me to run a full day training workshop with senior team leaders so I could share my ideas.
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?
I have developed my numerical skills more than anything. I was given access to any data set I required and this was extremely complex so using software such as power Bi and Excel which helped me in my work. The internship also taught me a lot about my own confidence as I was pushed every single day. Communication skills and Business acumen were also massively developed, being able to be a part of a corporate environment was super interesting.
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?
The recruitment team were there to suppourt us all the time and this was super helpful. The teams we were put in were on hand to guide us at every opportunity we needed it and we even had current graduates to guide us throughout the whole placement.
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?
Centrica has a fantastic culture, the company really appreciated the interns and wanted to hear from us. Even the CEO took time out of his day to speak to us and let us ask all of our burning questions. The company cared about our safety but pushed us to do more each day whilst checking on our wellbeing.
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?
Overall I thoroughly enjoyed my internship and I would love the chance to do it all again. The knowledge I have learnt is invaluable and it supported my personal development but also provided me the stepping stones into my professional career.
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 Centrica
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Centrica to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica
I would suggest others to take each step of the recruitment process slowly and do there research on the core values and culture at Centrica. This is super important to anyone at Centrica and even after being here for just 9 weeks this was noticeable.
