Project Management Office Analyst Review
at IBM
Placement (10 Months+)
Project Management
Waterloo
Review Submitted: June 2023
Overall Rating
4.9 /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
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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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.
- Internal candidate resourcing for projects
- Onboarding and offboarding IBMer's from projects
- Assisting with project budgets
- Working on project financials
- Regular meetings with internal teams across IBM, Clients, and third-party agencies
- Lead small projects as Project Manager
- Assisting Project Managers of large projects with the project management duties
- Responsible for ensuring project team's motivation is high (adding fun into work)
- Shadowing Project Managers, Business Analysts, Designers, Architects, and others, across multiple industries.
- Onboarding and offboarding IBMer's from projects
- Assisting with project budgets
- Working on project financials
- Regular meetings with internal teams across IBM, Clients, and third-party agencies
- Lead small projects as Project Manager
- Assisting Project Managers of large projects with the project management duties
- Responsible for ensuring project team's motivation is high (adding fun into work)
- Shadowing Project Managers, Business Analysts, Designers, Architects, and others, across multiple industries.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes.
When I first joined, I was guided by the previous intern what to do, however within only months I was responsible for all of my tasks, and my managers trusted in me to get my work done without looking over my shoulder. It was a steep learning curve, but very supportive. I had a lot of responsibility, but I could always go to my managers for help or advice.
When I first joined, I was guided by the previous intern what to do, however within only months I was responsible for all of my tasks, and my managers trusted in me to get my work done without looking over my shoulder. It was a steep learning curve, but very supportive. I had a lot of responsibility, but I could always go to my managers for help or advice.
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 learnt a variety of hard and soft skills, including:
- Agile Management Method
- IBM Garage
- Hybrid Cloud
- AI
- Quantum
- How to be an Ally
- User Experience Design
- User Research
- Service Design
- App Testing
- Working in the VR space
- Insight into the Healthcare Industry
- Insight into the Life Sciences Industry
- Insight into the Media, Entertainment, and Telecom Industry
- Microsoft Applications (eg, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
- Time Management
- Ability to effectively prioritise
- Agile Management Method
- IBM Garage
- Hybrid Cloud
- AI
- Quantum
- How to be an Ally
- User Experience Design
- User Research
- Service Design
- App Testing
- Working in the VR space
- Insight into the Healthcare Industry
- Insight into the Life Sciences Industry
- Insight into the Media, Entertainment, and Telecom Industry
- Microsoft Applications (eg, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
- Time Management
- Ability to effectively prioritise
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?
I received a lot of support from colleagues, managers, and executive partners, whether that be:
- Supporting me in my ability to complete my work
- Supporting my continuous self and professional development and learning through taking courses and having mentors
- Supporting my ability to have a healthy work life balance, making sure I took all my holidays, took sick days when ill, and didn’t work past 5pm unnecessarily
- Supporting me in my ability to complete my work
- Supporting my continuous self and professional development and learning through taking courses and having mentors
- Supporting my ability to have a healthy work life balance, making sure I took all my holidays, took sick days when ill, and didn’t work past 5pm unnecessarily
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 feels like a flat corporate hierarchy structure. I worked with very senior executive partners in my role, and never felt judged for being an intern. IBM's culture of respecting each other, encouraging everyone to be their authentic selves, and pushing diversity and inclusion has created a very safe and welcoming environment.
IBM's culture is also surrounded by ensuring clients can trust us, we our outcome focused, and have a growth mindset.
I would argue that IBM culture is one of the main reasons I have loved my time here and why so many people apply and stay with them for decades.
IBM's culture is also surrounded by ensuring clients can trust us, we our outcome focused, and have a growth mindset.
I would argue that IBM culture is one of the main reasons I have loved my time here and why so many people apply and stay with them for decades.
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?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I enjoyed it very much. I would highly recommend doing a placement at IBM as there is a lot of opportunity to try different roles and industries, all while furthering your skills through free/IBM sponsored courses.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
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
Definitely apply!
Be open minded in regard to what role you want to do.
Be mindful as an early professional as while most (if not all) IBM UK office have interns, grads and apprentices, IBM York Road (London office in Waterloo) has the largest group of interns, grads and apprentices - meaning there’s always networking socials with other early professionals and other IBMers not in the early professional schemes. However, all offices have socials to network.
Be open minded in regard to what role you want to do.
Be mindful as an early professional as while most (if not all) IBM UK office have interns, grads and apprentices, IBM York Road (London office in Waterloo) has the largest group of interns, grads and apprentices - meaning there’s always networking socials with other early professionals and other IBMers not in the early professional schemes. However, all offices have socials to network.
