Software Engineering Intern

by BAE Systems

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Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • The role involves building new systems to be integrated into a larger project, checking if the design for those systems is possible, prototyping and then integrating them into the project itself.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I have learnt many new skills over the internship. I have learnt docker, kubernetes and typescript. I have also developed my professional skills such as how to integrate into a team and how to interact with clients.

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • I was given as much responsibility as the other members of the team.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • I received a really good amount of guidance. I was given the space to try things and learn for myself while also being part of a team that were more than happy to point me in the right direction if I ever got too stuck.

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • The company culture is really welcoming. Everyone is really friendly and wants to help each other and share knowledge with each other. People are more than willing to put down their own work to help someone else who needs their expertise or even just an extra set of eyes to see what is going wrong.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I really loved the internship. It was a great experience and I have grown a lot in just the 12 weeks that I was there.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at BAE Systems

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems

    • Just go for it. There is no harm in applying so just give it your all. Do some assessment centre practice in advance so that you can really nail the assessment centre in the interviews.

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Details

Internship (1-4 Months)

Computer and Systems Engineering

South West

September 2021

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