Commercial and projects industrial placement Review

Item: Commercial and projects industrial placement at National Grid
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at National Grid

Placement (10 Months+)

Data Analysis, Finance

Warwick

Review Submitted: June 2026

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 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Power trading and market analystics. Day to day varied each day as I was put on a variety of projects that developed different skills such as communication, data analysis, power bi, vba, ai and presentations

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Alot of responsibility was given especially on certain projects I led which were worth more than 1 million pounds for the company

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?

Many skills were learnt such as, soft skills (communication, emails, office etiquette, networking, manners), technical skills (data analysis, power BI, VBA, SQL, Snowflake, comtrader, trading, PowerPoint, word, Excel)

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?

Alot of support throughout split between the early careers team, my line manager and team and buddies as well as mentors.

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?

Very diverse, supportive and kind, all employees were willing to take time out of their day to answer your questions and offer feedback to ensure you feel comfortable, secure and confident in your new role