New Sciences Placement Student Review
at BAT
Placement (10 Months+)
Science
Southampton
Review Submitted: August 2022
Overall Rating
4.8 /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!
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
4.3/5
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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.
- Managed my own project.
- Helping with the team's workload through literature reviews, writing and reviewing reports.
- Helping with/ creating/ presenting presentations for different audiences.
- Attending placement activities.
- Attending company wide and external calls.
- Helping with the team's workload through literature reviews, writing and reviewing reports.
- Helping with/ creating/ presenting presentations for different audiences.
- Attending placement activities.
- Attending company wide and external calls.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Definitely - being given my own project to manage I have felt and been treated like an actual employee with plenty of responsibility.
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?
- Presenting for different audiences.
- Office politics.
- The importance of networking.
- Managing skills.
- Collaboration skills.
- Greatly built up my scientific knowledge and applied the university learnt knowledge.
- Office politics.
- The importance of networking.
- Managing skills.
- Collaboration skills.
- Greatly built up my scientific knowledge and applied the university learnt knowledge.
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?
My manager and my team has been of great support. The placement team was also a big support pillar. Overall, everyone is happy to 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?
As a tobacco company, the people working are quirky and it does not feel formal all the time. The company culture is pleasant to work in, with open and friendly people, never making you feel underestimated because you are a student. Although they encourage a non-hierarchical format, the hierarchy is still there - if you would like to advance in a company throughout years, BAT is a good place to do that.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
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?
3/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I think it was the best choice both personally and professionally to have done a placement year here!
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 BAT
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BAT to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BAT
Be prepared and professional for the interview stages and don't forget to smile. Don't neglect the video interview and prepare for it (make sure you have a nice and neat background behind). It's not that hard to get accepted as long as you are kin to work here, have some idea what you are talking about and are a decent human being.
