T&I Intern Review
at Virgin Media O2
Placement (10 Months+)
Information Technology
London
Review Submitted: April 2021
Overall Rating
4 /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!
3/5
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Overview of Role
4.3/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
4/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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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.
- IT Support
- App development
- Voice Assistant development
- Volunteering opportunities
- App development
- Voice Assistant development
- Volunteering opportunities
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, although doing an internship during the pandemic the company provided us with good exposure to the business by hosting several virtual events. I was given org level admin responsibilities to a communication platform assisting with any problems users had on daily basis.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
3/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I have learnt a lot of new skills and developed existing soft skills such that:
- Presentation skills
- Time management
- Stakeholder management
- Collaboration
- Programming
- Research & application
- Presentation skills
- Time management
- Stakeholder management
- Collaboration
- Programming
- Research & application
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?
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?
Alot, the internship provides you of all the following:
-Line Manager, Team, Mentor, Buddy
- Accessibility of support from careers
-Guidance with problems
-Line Manager, Team, Mentor, Buddy
- Accessibility of support from careers
-Guidance with problems
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?
Virgin Media's values of Insatiable Curiosity, Delightfully Surprising, Heartfelt Service, Smart Disruption, Straight Up, and Red Hot Relevance where very dominant during my internship. There are a wide range of social events and voluntary initiatives available.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
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 enjoyed a lot and would do it again I have definitely worked a lot on my personal development and the skills I have gained are transferable and was given the opportunity to network a lot.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Virgin Media O2
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Virgin Media O2 to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Virgin Media O2
Be yourself, do your research there a wide range of roles. If the role seems our of your comfort zone but some thing you are interested in apply as Virgin Media provides the training and support and a lot of the employees have been in the same position where are in roles completely different to their background.
