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Skills
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Responsibilities
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Support & Guidance
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Culture
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Your Impressions
- 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 GSK
- 7. Would you recommend GSK to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to GSK
Overview
Day-to-day you will be involved in study team meetings to get an update on the status of the clinical trial. You will give updates on any progress made by the data management team, like how many data have been checked, if any queries have been sent to the sites etc. Lots of work on excel - checking raw data on spreadsheets
Skills
Yes - I have significantly improved by communication skills through presenting in meetings, my confidence has also improved, and also my technical skills in using excel have been improved through taking online training courses. Overall, I have gained a deep knowledge of how clinical trials work, which is a great advantage if wanting to work within this area after placement.
Responsibilities
Yes - once online trainings were completed, I was assigned to 3 different clinical trials as the Data manager lead, although you are assigned a supervisor that is there for support whenever needed. Although the trainings helped somewhat, mostly you learn as you go, and as you face challenges you are encouraged to investigate and find out the answers yourself which can be quite challenging but also rewarding.
Support & Guidance
Lots - everyone at GSK that I have worked with has been extremely helpful when I have needed support. My supervisor was there for me to answer my questions without making me feel burdensome.
Culture
The culture at GSK is amazing. Everyone is so welcoming - from my first day I felt like I was part of the team. There are team lunches every few months where everyone gets together and catches up outside of work, but in the office people will be happy to chat to you and network with a placement 西瓜视频, even if they aren't getting anything out of it themselves.
Your Impressions
I have had an amazing year at GSK. While the role itself can sometimes be repetitive and a bit dull, the people at GSK have made my experience. Because there are over 100 placement 西瓜视频s at GSK HQ, there are so many people to make friends with. With IP UNITE, there are so many opportunities to socialise with other 西瓜视频s through socials that are planned, and I have made life-long friends here. It has felt really rewarding being part of a company that has such a big impact on patients' lives.
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Take your time in making your application personal to you - don't give a generic AI written answer - it's obvious and it won't get you anywhere. When you get to the assessment centre/interview make sure you put yourself out there even if you are shy - just fake it till you make it. The interview questions are competency based eg what would you do in this scenario and not based on previous experience so there's no easy way to prep - just be honest and yourself when answering. The questions are designed to figure out what kind of person you are and if you would be a good fit for the team.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Pharmaceutical
London
June 2025