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Rating

5/5
  • The Role
    5.0
  • The Company
    5.0
  • The Culture
    5.0

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • It was really interesting, I learn a lot of new technologies. I improve my knowledge on Agile and Jira I met a lot of interesting people and I been able to keep contact with them after I finish the internship

    5/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • This is not my first internship and I must say that this was the time that I feel more valued within a company

    5/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • Every single person, from analyst to managers had never say "I cannot answer that" or "I am too busy" to me, they always have time to answer any questions, does not matter how simple the question was.

    5/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • Extremely busy, but never estress. I enjoy having akways things to do, this make that my time on JP Morgan passed really fast. We have courses, training, events, coding, always was something to do.

    5/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • A lot! I was given with a project to work on my own, so the responsibility was huge, since if I do not finish my work, the project will not be delivered.

    5/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • Right now 3 of my 4 modules for this semester is stuff that I learned during my Internship. Even my dissertation is using technologies and knowledge I got during this time with JP Morgan.

    5/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • Excellent, people is really kind, helpful and always doing cool stuff after the office. I really miss that.

    5/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • Excellent! At the beginning of the internship we got a timetable telling us what we need to do everyday. And if something change they will let us know as soon as possible. Beside that human resources was always really happy answering any questions that we had.

    5/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • No idea how much money they invest, but I am sure that it was a lot. I feel that they spent a lot with courses, training, events in us.

    5/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • Flexi Time

    Sports and Social Club

    5/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • Quite high, I been offered a job offer with them that I accepted inmediently.

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • Yes, we have different social events during the internship where we been able to network with other interns, previous year interns and staff.

    5/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • Since office was close to my house this questions is not applicable to me.

    5/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • I am not the type of person that go out too much. But the few times I went out, it was really interesting.

    5/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • Millions, so many that I could not get involved as much as I would like it. Next year I will try.

    5/5

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Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

Scotland

September 2017


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