Toxicology Intern Review
by BAT
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at BAT
- 7. Would you recommend BAT to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to BAT
Overview
The role consisted in creating new databases to speed up the work process of the team. Furthermore, I took part in some research in order to find out the optimum conditions we need to use in order to obtain the data required. In order to achieve this I had to use tools such as Python, Excel and PowerBI.
Skills
Developed my communication and presenting skills. This placement offered many opportunities to present my project to a variety of audiences including specialist and non-specialist audiences, as well as people with different levels in the company hierarchy. I also developed my python coding skills and learned how to use PowerBI (a powerful data vizualisation software)
Responsibilities
During my placement i was given a project i had to work on. It was my responsibility to contact people (from other departments) for help and ensure results were delivered. I was also in charge of delivering presentations to my team and other departments in order to explain the scope of my project and why it was relevant for the business.
Support & Guidance
The support network for this placement consisted of a Placement Team, which helped us with our soft skills development, such as: presenting, doing posters and organising big meetings. Furthermore, each intern got assigned a line manager and a buddy, both of which were in your team. They provided me with support for my project and helped me find my feet on the first few months of placement
Culture
Overall, everyone in the company is very joyful and positive. Everyone was always more than happy to help out the interns or even just have a 1-on-1 chat to provide advice, guidance, or help you explore different departments in the company you might be interested in.
Your Impressions
I thoroughly enjoyed my year at BAT. It was great for my interpersonal skills development and helped me deepen my scientific knowledge.
Yes
Make sure you do some background research in the company. Learning their values and what they stand for is really important for interviews. Furthermore, study what are their main products and goals for the future. Investigate how the company is doing compared to their main compatitors.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Science, Research, Data Science
South West
August 2023
