IQVIA

Clinical Research Associate

November 2021 - September 2022 • Myrtle Point, OR

What I liked

Good training, and very good policies on travel and especially per diems. It was also a very tight-knit community, at least within the IQVIA employees within the FSP I was assigned.

What I wish was different

The many redundancies in the particular FSP in which I was assigned; these made it hard to be as efficient as I wanted to be, and took time away from other tasks. I wish there was more support from management on employee suggestions, as well. Also, it would have been nice if I was given the referral bonus I was told I'd get for referring two great employees they ended up hiring. In the end, they didn't give it to me for either, and when pressed said "look at the policy, number 6" or something; that number said something along the line of they could deny it based on business needs/purposes. Purposefully vague?

Advice

It fit the bill of "accept, don't expect"; just keep doing your best and don't get cynical or expect others to live up to your standards and it's a decent-enough experience with decent pay relative to many biosciences jobs.

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IT Projects Intern

May - August 2022 • Durham, NC

What I liked

Nice co-workers, good experience, good salary, and very flexible schedule. Very nice HR staff.

What I wish was different

I wish I was given more responsibilities

Advice

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intern

May 2019 • Durham, NC

What I liked

Great coworkers, no expectation to work overtime, decent workload and I felt like I learned a lot.

What I wish was different

Sometimes I was stuck in a holding pattern for parts of my project that I wish hadn't happened, but a lot of that was because over the summer a lot of international team members go on vacation (or were on COVID trials), which I'm not going to begrudge them.

Advice

Prepare for early mornings some days! Most of my team members are in Europe or India, which means a lot of my meetings are between 7:30AM and 9AM. Also, ask for what you need! There have been weeks where I needed to take a step back because of classwork and my boss was more than accommodating.

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Management Consulting Intern

June - July 2019 • Shanghai, People's Republic of China

What I liked

Excellent company with good working environment. Young graduates can also learn a lot in different projects.

What I wish was different

I wish I could spend more time there. My supervisor was so cool!!!

Advice

IQVIA is a good company to work for. It is a good choice for internship if you are interested in Management Consulting.

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Data research intern

May - August 2019 • Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ

What I liked

The people were very caring and helped to get you on track with your work.

What I wish was different

I wished for more variety in my work.

Advice

Make sure you know excel!

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Software Developer Intern

May - August 2018 • New Brunswick, NJ

What I liked

I learned a lot on the job. I felt like I belonged and I enjoyed the work.

What I wish was different

The location, I was not a fan on new Brunswick nj

Advice

Use the internship to figure out if you'll feel comfortable with a job like that for a long time.

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Consulting Intern

June - July 2018 • Istanbul, Turkey

What I liked

Learning the stages behind consulting and how consultants start from a bigger question and then go down into the details, gather data, and then go back to the bigger question. I find the fragmentation of a question in order to study it is a very different approach which I started to implement in my daily decision making as well.

What I wish was different

Summer wasn’t a very busy season for the company I interned for so I wish there were more ongoing projects.

Advice

Create your own opportunities. Ask people what they are doing. Ask if you can help them. Ask if they can chat to you about their job. An internship is a learning opportuntity given to you and try to get as many things out of it.

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