Commercial Intern Review
at Expedia Group
Internship (1 Month+)
Sales
London
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.
Working in the Market Management team (Account Management), managing centralised lodging accounts and helping them to maximise production by optimising their presence across Expedia platforms and improve their search and sort factors. Also worked on a project alongside daily workflow to discover the issues faced by Market Management when contacting partners and suggesting potential solutions to improve the process. Day usually consisted of working through centralised workflow and then working on project, with frequent team meetings.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes thrown straight into things, working on the actual workflow and the solutions we created during the project is soon to be implemented
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?
No prior experience in Account Management or Sales so developing skills in these areas has been great. Developed client facing skills using a consultative approach to problem solving and helping the partners to optimise their performance on Expedia platforms.
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?
Plenty, was difficult as our team was spread out across different offices but always available when needed
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?
Great work culture, great office, everyone friendly
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?
Really enjoyed it, want to try something different if I was to come back but the company is an amazing place to work
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 Expedia Group
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Expedia Group to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Expedia Group
Focus on people skills, anyone can learn technical aspects of job but common theme of people here is that 9/10 are great with people
