Proposition Assistant Review
at Centrica
Internship (1 Month+)
Marketing
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.
Role overview:
- Proposition development for electric vehicles
- Competitor research for competing propositions
- Creating customer journeys
- Hosting customer interviews
Day-to-day basis:
- Attending team meetings
- Independent research
- Independent tasks
- Group work
- Teach-in sessions
- Worked mostly on Teams, PowerPoint, miro
- Proposition development for electric vehicles
- Competitor research for competing propositions
- Creating customer journeys
- Hosting customer interviews
Day-to-day basis:
- Attending team meetings
- Independent research
- Independent tasks
- Group work
- Teach-in sessions
- Worked mostly on Teams, PowerPoint, miro
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Immense amount of responsibility:
- Given responsibility from the first day
- Given lots of responsibilities
- Thrown into real tasks
- My input was greatly appreciated and used, I felt valued
- My work actually helped the business
- Given responsibility from the first day
- Given lots of responsibilities
- Thrown into real tasks
- My input was greatly appreciated and used, I felt valued
- My work actually helped the business
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?
Have learned and developed the following skills:
- PowerPoint
- miro
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Collaboration
- Time management
- Summarisation
- Prioritisation
- Research
- Presentation
- Ideation
- Analysation
- Problem-solving
- Note-taking
- Interview skills
- E-mail etiquette
- Leadership
- PowerPoint
- miro
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Collaboration
- Time management
- Summarisation
- Prioritisation
- Research
- Presentation
- Ideation
- Analysation
- Problem-solving
- Note-taking
- Interview skills
- E-mail etiquette
- Leadership
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?
Incredible amount of support:
- Everyone in the company was always so friendly and open to answer questions
- Line managers and other colleagues encouraged my questions
- Was given the right balance of guidance and independence during tasks
- HR and recruitment always available to help with problems and queries
- Great sense of care for colleagues as well as customers
- Great feedback for end of placement presentations for personal development
- Everyone in the company was always so friendly and open to answer questions
- Line managers and other colleagues encouraged my questions
- Was given the right balance of guidance and independence during tasks
- HR and recruitment always available to help with problems and queries
- Great sense of care for colleagues as well as customers
- Great feedback for end of placement presentations for personal development
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?
Fantastic atmosphere, couldn't have asked for better:
- Great sense of care
- Supportive and encouraging
- Everyone was always friendly and asked if you were okay
- Everyone was open to speak and answer questions
- Great sense of care
- Supportive and encouraging
- Everyone was always friendly and asked if you were okay
- Everyone was open to speak and answer questions
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?
I thoroughly enjoyed my time and I couldn't have asked for better. I would love to come back for the graduate scheme. This was a life-changing and career-directing experience for me. Before this, I was unsure of what I wanted to do after university and I now I have never been more certain. A once in a lifetime and incredible opportunity.
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
Don't be afraid to reach out, speak to others and ask questions - everyone in the company is beyond open to help, speak and answer. Throw yourself into every opportunity, there are more opportunities than you can imagine. Immerse yourself into your role as well as your Charity Challenge, and seek other extra curriculars to further your development.
