Developer Analyst Review

by Barclays

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.2/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

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

    • Work in a small Scrum team to develop components for the Barclays web application..

    Skills

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

    • Learned to use automated testing using unfamiliar technologies like Wiremock, Serenity BDD and Selenium.

  • 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?

    • 4/5
  • 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

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

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

    • Yes, our project will be used to prove how useful and efficient automated testing is compared to traditional approaches in hopes to use this method more frequently within other Scrum teams.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

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

    • A lot from line managers, graduates and mentors.

  • 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?

    • 4/5

    Culture

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

    • Extremely fluid and easy to meet new people. Line managers are willing to help you get in touch with other teams and directors to find the role that suits you.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 3/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • I enjoyed meeting new people and the new facilities offered by the new Barclays campus.

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Barclays

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Barclays to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Barclays

    • Be yourself and make the most out of your internship.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Information Technology, Computer Systems Engineering

Scotland

July 2022

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