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BT Group

Commercial Management Placement Student Review

at BT Group

Placement (10 Months+)

Business Management

London

Review Submitted: September 2022

Overall Rating

2.8 /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!

2/5 - Overview of Role
3/5 - Skills Development
2.5/5 - Support and Guidance
2.8/5 - Company Culture
1.5/5 - Overall Experience
4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Weekly repetitive administrative jobs, such as producing weekly reports on Microsoft Excel.
Administrative tasks, such as chasing senior stakeholders. Had to then format the slides to the desired level
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Not really. Managers had a lot of work on so did not have much time for me or showing me how to do things to a good level
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
2/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Attention to detail
Communication
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
3/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
3/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
There was some training provided for industrial placement students with the rest of the grads
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
2/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
3/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Lots of the senior people are very busy. OVerall, people are willing to help you when they see you are from early careers and give you insight into their role. But actual day to day support is very limited from my experience as my manager didn't have the time for me which is a shame
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
1/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
2/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Not the most enjoyable for me
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
2/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
1/5

Future Career Prospects

Please rate the future employment prospects at BT Group
4/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend BT Group to a friend?
No
What advice would you give to others applying to BT Group
You will likely have a good experience it just depends on what team you are placed in. I think there's just some unlucky ones
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