Associate Software Engineer Review

I did really enjoy is overall. However, the job is very project-based, meaning that if you get a bad project, you will have a bad time. But it can go the other way, you can get a really good project and learn a lot. I luckily had the best of both worlds, my first project was terrible, I did not learn anything and it was nothing like I had expected. My second project was great, it was in RPA (robotic process automation) and I learned a lot in an entirely new field of work.

For both projects, I felt like a valued member of the team, more so on the second project, I felt depended on which is a great feeling. Especially when people, who have been there for years, come to you for advice. Plus, everyone I have worked with has been a pure joy, and very welcoming.

I didn't feel that my manager was present during my second project, so I usually asked for help from my developer peers.

So, for my first project, it varied from week to week. Some weeks would be really busy, but other weeks we wouldn't be busy at all. For my second project, I was busy a lot of the time, having deadlines for process builds, fixing defects, implementing CRs and aiding in testing.

Loads, which is great. They don't treat you any different if you're a placement student, I think it is a good think, as you learn a lot more. On my second project, my peers didn't even know I was a placement student.

I think the skills I developed during my placement have helped a lot towards my degree. Mainly team-working and time-keeping, this has been a very valuable skill learned while on my placement year.

The atmosphere in both offices was great, all the Accenture staff were very welcoming and everyone got along very well. Which is also expected in a professional environment.

It was good yes, they provided us with 5 weeks of training at the start of the placement. This included a week worth of classes with Oracle, teaching Java, with the opportunity to earn Java certification.

Accenture truly invest a lot in you as an individual, they take and time and resources to ensure you are well looked after, and ensure you know what you're dong. With support ranging from career counsellor, to people advisors.

They are ok for developers. I feel that Accenture is great for consultancy, but for developers it isn't the best. Mainly due to the lack of development projects, I was really looking to become a Java developer for my placement, however, here I did not find a single project for this.

Yes, everyone at work was very social, and there were regular team events. Not only were there events within the organisation, but outside as well. There are many opportunities to get involved in extra curricular activities.

Well, it is London, so I don't know what you're expecting. Because living in London is very expensive. Travel is also expensive, but you can typically expense travel is your project is located more than an hour away.

Don't really know, didn't go out much. But on the occasion I did go out, it was fairly good. Again, it was the price that put me off going out on regular occasions.

Not very many. I didn't usually have time in the week to participate in outside work activities, as I travelled at the weekends and worked during the weekdays.