Bristol Myers Squibb

You can expect a great deal of ownership of your project. Intern and co-op projects are chosen based on pressing need as well as accessibility. Goals are always within reach of students and this pace of work creates a unique, valued project experience for each student.

The Devens site has an excellent culture. Open office planning, cross-department collaboration and socials, and general friendliness ensure a viable environment to grow relationships.

Likes: I developed an understanding of internal controls and how deficiencies in those controls can impact the company. Almost everything you do at a company can be tied back to an internal control, so it's interesting to see the processes and why certain internal controls are created. Additional...

I know BMS offers mentorship to full time employees, but I didn't ask for one since I already choose my manager as my mentor who is great enough to me. I had two internships at BMS so two managers at different time. The first one introduced me the basic information of pharmaceutical industry. She...

The interview was very laid back, and the interviewer is simply looking to see if the candidate is sincere and personable. The questions are not meant to trip you up, but to see how you will fit into the office environment.

The expected compensation is about $20 to $25/hour.

There were not any particularly technical questions when I interviewed, it was more tell me why you are interested in this job in particular, why you are well suited for it. I think you should know about BMS as a company and be familiar with past deals that the Business Development has done.

I went to a lot of lunches with other summer interns in other groups they have a cool summer intern program there. I learned about what a typical M&A is like, the process they must go through etc. I did a project that compared BMS's acquisitions and licenses compared to other large pharmas and he...

You should study up on SQL — how to write queries, how joins work, how to filter and group by and all the basics.That's pretty much it, to be honest.

There was about 6-8 weeks of classroom training combined with hands on which consisted sitting side by side with a seasoned rep and either driving the keyboard and navigating the systems or actually communicating with the clients verbally or by chat or email. That helps with the transition of bei...

During the internship you will be testing internal controls. The first week of my internship was basically an introduction to Bristol-Myers Squibb and an overview of SOX testing. The second week consisted of trainings on the new system we would be using to test the internal controls. Throughout t...