HPC Software Developer Intern Review

by Schlumberger

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Rating

3.4/5
  • The Role
    3.8
  • The Company
    3.5
  • The Culture
    2.6

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Nice Environment, Enjoyable experience working with the codebase directly. It was a fun working environment, everything that I required was made available to me.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • I felt integrated and valued. I participated in team meetings and felt that my comments were valued and taken into account. I made personal progress on the projects that I worked on

    5/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • There was not that much support from my manager, but I was shown in the direction of which paths to consider

    5/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Fairly busy with work. Working on a project at my own rate.

    5/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Quite a large amount of responsibility, working directly on the active code and seeing

    3/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Developed existing skills in c++ as well as learnt profiling of HPC applications, in addition, the various optimisations that were involved.

    3/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Generally Lively environment. Nice place to work. Plenty of ammenities

    5/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • It was fairly well organised. I especially enjoyed the variety of opportunities that were available to me.

    5/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • There was not that much personal training and development, but there was the opportunity to work on live code.

    3/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Sports and Social Club

    Working from home
    3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • I feel like that I would like working here, but with the trend of current oil prices, I am unsure if I would apply here for "Long Term" development

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • There was a variety of sports and social activities, but there wasnt that much more outside of work

    3/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • I lived in my University city so everything was average

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Same as Above

    3/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • ""

    3/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

South East

November 2017

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