Resourcing Undergraduate Review
by Volkswagen Financial Services
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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 Volkswagen Financial Services
- 7. Would you recommend Volkswagen Financial Services to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Volkswagen Financial Services
Overview
The role varies significantly day to day. You can be running an assessment centre one day, booking interviews the next and reviewing candidate applications. A constant is looking after temporary worker contracts and managing the recruitment inbox. You also get involved in many different areas of recruitment outside of early careers.
Skills
Time management, organisation, prioritisation, stake holder management are just a few. This placement really developed me in so many different ways.
Responsibilities
From the very first week I was given responsibility. The team treated me like I was a permanent employee and not a placement student from the very first day. I ran assessment centres as the lead, was trusted with pieces of work that are really important with little room for error and delivered training to employees.
Support & Guidance
Everyone at the company is super supportive. I met with all undergraduate managers when doing role briefings and they were all very supportive knowing how new I was to the working world. My team was super supportive, they always looked out for me and understood that I was learning so I wasn't going to be perfect from the very first day.
Culture
The company culture is the biggest selling point of this company. Everyone is really friendly and inclusive. There is a really feeling that everyone is looking out for each other and wants everyone to succeed. From the minute I arrived at my assessment centre till 10 months through my placement, I have had nothing but a positive experience.
Your Impressions
I really enjoyed this year, if I could I would stay.
Yes
Be yourself, show how much you want this opportunity, do lots of research before applying and reach out to current undergraduates to ask about how their experience.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Human Resources
East of England
May 2025
