Undergraduate Commercial Placement Review
at MBDA
Placement (10 Months+)
Customer Service
Stevenage
Review Submitted: May 2023
Overall Rating
4.5 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.3/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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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.
Customer support through the lifecycle of various products and services, drafting of contractual documents, working and supporting various projects and attending meetings.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
i was given a large amount of responsibility during my role here. i felt i had a prominent role within the team and was trusted to carry out tasks efficiently and with a good deal of detail.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I have developed a great number of skills and refined my existing skills a great deal. my communication and confidence skills have risen exponentially as well as my IT aptitude and working cooperatively with my teamwork also rising a good deal.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
4/5
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
A great deal of support and guidance was readily available to me at every step of my placement journey. my managers and the entire team were always willing and ready to guide me and support my questions or development as well as always being there to step in and assist on tasks or areas i didnt have a lot of experience in.
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?
it is a very tight knit culture within the company with myself networking a fair bit and getting to see everyone works well with each other and its an atmosphere of cooperation and working together with a good deal of integrity and passion between the employees of the work they do.
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?
4/5
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 enjoyed my placement to a great extent. it has been fantastic to work here from start to almost finish! i have learnt an incredible deal and been tutored by some fantastic and knowledgeable people
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at MBDA
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend MBDA to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to MBDA
Keep an open mind when applying, the role you may apply for will certainly do and contain everything it says on the advert but so much more, be ready when applying to delve into a lot of other areas and get involved in a great breadth of work
