Futures Intern Review
at IBM
Placement (10 Months+)
Project Management
London
Review Submitted: May 2023
Overall Rating
4.3 /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
4/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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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.
PMO on an NHS project - on a day to day basis I attend certain daily meetings e.g two daily standups, some meetings on a weekly basis e.g. project delivery status and timesheet review, and complete certain structured tasks such as onboarding of new starters to the project, offboarding leavers, data security and privacy controls, and account comms, as well as handling ad-hoc requests and responsibilities
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given a lot of responsibility in my internship due to being in a billable client facing role
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've developed a vast range of new skills from my time at IBM, such as learning to work with agile practices, excel skills, presentation and communication skills, I've learnt industry specific knowledge about healthcare, I have developed my teamwork skills, and learnt to use many tools such as mural, confluence, jira and more.
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?
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?
Support was available to me where needed however I would have to reach out for it rather than be given it while being set tasks. It took me some time to be comfortable asking my managers all my questions
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
The company culture at IBM is great! A big emphasis is placed on its people and on my project we had a people champion and a squad dedicating to ensuring team members' wellbeing. IBM as a whole has a culture of nurturing its staff in personal and proffessional development, and recognising achievement as much as possible, as well as running team days and many events outside of your day to day job to get involved 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?
3/5
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 really enjoyed my internship with IBM
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 IBM
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Keep an open mind about job roles as there is a massive range, many of which you may have never heard of before. The success of your placement is up to you - you have to go out and find the opportunities you want to get involved with within the company if you want to make the most of your time.
