Mechanical Industrial Placement Review
by BAE Systems
Rating
5/5
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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
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 BAE Systems
- 7. Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems
Overview
In my first half of the placement my day to day activity mainly involved programming analysis tools and writing reports based of the analysis I conducted. During the second half of the placement I mainly focused on digitising and automating manual processes via excel and sql programming
Skills
HTML, SQL and VBA Coding. Interpersonal skills, Communication
5/5
5/5
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5/5
Responsibilities
Yes in the second half of the placement I was trusted to lead the development of an automation tool
5/5
Support & Guidance
I was given sufficient support
5/5
5/5
Culture
The culture is very accepting and everyone is there to help
5/5
5/5
5/5
5/5
Your Impressions
I very much enjoyed the second half of the placement
5/5
5/5
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Yes
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Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Mechanical Engineering
Scotland
June 2025
