Software Engineer Intern
by Bloomberg
Best Student Employer
Rating
4.6/5
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Bloomberg
- 7. Would you recommend Bloomberg to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bloomberg
Overview
My role was to work on a programming project. This involved mainly Python programming and team meetings (daily standups, weekly sprint plans) and daily catchups with my mentor.
Skills
Learnt financial knowledge, specifically in FX trading Improved Python programming skills Learnt and improved C++ programming skills
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5/5
4/5
5/5
Responsibilities
I had an independent project to work on (with guidance and supervision of my mentor and manager), so there is a fair amount of responsibility. There is also an expectation of sharing your updates on a daily basis with the team, so some daily progress is expected.
4/5
Support & Guidance
A lot of support/guidance from my two mentors and manager, and other software engineers from other teams too,
5/5
5/5
Culture
Very open, collaborative work culture, with many events and activities which are free to attend. Easy to network and meet other engineers in the company.
5/5
4/5
5/5
5/5
Your Impressions
Highly enjoyable with many learning outcomes.
5/5
4/5
4/5
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Details
Internship (1-4 Months)
Information Technology, Computer and Systems Engineering
Central London and City
September 2021
