Quality Bicycle Products

Purchasing Intern

June - August 2019 • Bloomington, MN

What I liked

I really liked their formalized internship program and the support that the supervisors give you. They really want to see you succeed and help you in any way that they can!

What I wish was different

Nothing!

Advice

I would encourage students to network with everyone at the company and learn about different positions!

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Data Analyst Intern

June - August 2018 • Bloomington, MN

What I liked

I met a lot of like-minded individuals and worked on very interesting projects.

What I wish was different

It'd be great if there were a little bit more guidance.

Advice

Everyone's very friendly here and happy to share their experience at QBP so don't hesitate to go around and learn from them!

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Software QA

June 2018 • Bloomington, MN

What I liked

The company culture and the people are amazing. I've never felt so supported in my work before.

What I wish was different

I wish I hadn't taken classes during the summer.

Advice

Ask questions and make relationships.

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Product Management Intern

June - August 2018 • Burnsville, MN

What I liked

Amazing company to work with---did meaningful work and was allowed to contribute just like any other employee. The building included a cafeteria, a gym, and a massage therapist and was very dedicated to the theory that a balanced worklife leads to the most innovative and successful ideas. I liked working with creative individuals with professions I'd never seen in action before: graphic designers, copywriters, engineers, industrial designers, online retail analysts, information technology, quality assurance representatives... And the company is international, so I got experience collaborating with people who didn't have English as their first language.

What I wish was different

The role of Product Manager, it turns out, deals primarily with documents. I wish I could have been the copywriter for our marketing material or the industrial designer who works on product design, because I felt unsatisfied working with spreadsheets and managing numbers rather than people. This experience helped me understand that without a more social connection, I perceive my work to lack variety.

Advice

QBP is the most amazing company I have ever worked for. The interns were a tight-knit group who were allowed to do real, relevant work and partake in the company culture. My advice is to enter a position and learn one thing in particular about yourself: go into the experience and learn whether it is the company and its culture that contribute most to your job satisfaction, or if it is the work itself that you perform that fulfills you. I found out that, even if the culture is wonderful, I need to have a daily job that allows me to engage not only with the data and our product, but with the wonderful people I work alongside, too. I loved the people, so if I returned to QBP I would look for a position that allowed me to collaborate with them more, rather than manage them.

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