Junior Business Analyst Review

Item: Junior Business Analyst at The Walt Disney Company
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at The Walt Disney Company

Placement (10 Months+)

Information Technology

Hammersmith

Review Submitted: May 2021

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.

Junior Business Analyst day to day tasks include: sanity testing the point of sale system for the disney stores, logging tickets for the support helpdesk, being apart of internal and international projects, fundraising for intern activities, learning about essential topics for the intern program e.g. project management, time management and productivity, your personal brand etc.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, In many areas as I was assigned as chairman for certain meetings which I hosted, I also had to prepare presentations to give the team, and done a lot of work where I was assigned group leader.

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?

I have boarded my testing skills and put my degree knowledge to practice, worked on my confidence levels as I have had to present and communicate a lot across the business, this placement has also helped me work on my organisational skills and time management.

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?

A massive amount of support. My manager and team were always available when I needed help, and were able to join a Zoom call when I needed to be shown how to do something.

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?

Working remotely meant that I could join daily team meetings, which helped with building the team communication and keeping us all in the loop. Disney is an amazing company to work for, all of the people are so lovely and friendly! I couldn’t have asked for a better team to work with.

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?

I thoroughly enjoyed my placement, even though I worked remotely throughout COVID, there were still lots of communication with team members, interns and lots of online events/activities to take part in!