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Rating
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About You
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The Company
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Everything Else
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?
- 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?
- 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 5. How well structured was the insight?
- 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?
- 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?
- 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?
- 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?
- 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
- 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?
- 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?
- 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?
- 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?
About You
It was a really interesting and informative day, and good fun too. Definitely worth doing as they pay your transport, so there is no reason not too!
Hard to say if you felt valued as it was only a day, but all the staff were really friendly and easy to talk to.
This isn't a hugely relevant question for a day programme, but listening to the graduates and people who had done internships it sounds like if you did a longer programme BP give plenty of support.
Again as it was only a day I didn't gain new skills, but I did learn a lot about the company and graduate programs.
The Company
It was well structured, morning involved a few talks from employees and graduates on their Challenger programme, followed by a chance to talk to them over lunch. Then the afternoon included tours of the labs in Sunbury.
Lovely atmosphere, everyone was friendly and chatty. I enjoyed talking to some of the graduates and the other university Î÷¹ÏÊÓÆµs with similar interests.
Can't really say anything to this as it was only a day programme.
The initial talks were from employees who had been there 30+ years and they told you about their career to give an insight into having a job there.
Talking to the people on the Challenger programme the company culture seems very friendly. There are plenty of opportunities for training and developing your skills even once in a job.
Very helpful, I'm doing a geology degree and really wasn't sure what career path I want to go down, but a career in the energy (oil) industry seemed a definite possibility after that day.
Everything Else
Paid for all travel and organised it through another company. I think they even paid for a hotel if it was too far to travel in a day.
Good chance over lunch to meet employees and graduates.
As good as you can have in a day. Time before it began, at the end and over lunch. All staff were very approachable.
Graduates were very enthusiastic about activities outside work! Mentioned Flexi-Fridays so sometimes getting the Friday off.
100% worth doing, only a day of your time and you learn a lot. Plus it costs you nothing. Good insight to say if a future application for an internship/graduate programme would be worthwhile.
Details
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
London
April 2014