Software Engineer Intern Review

by Softwire

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.

    • Working on a project for one of Softwire's clients. It involves building software as part of a team, working on tasks individually and in pairs.

    Skills

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

    • I learnt how to work on software in a team, and got much more familiar with Git. I also learnt a new programming language.

  • 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?

    • Yes, I was given responsibility to add new features to a repository used by many other parts 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?

    • There was a lot of support. I had status chats with my manager every week, as well as weekly chats with a "Softwire mentor" about how things have been going.

  • 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?

    • It's a really good, laid-back atmosphere. Everyone is very friendly and helpful, and the social aspects are really good too.

  • 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 enjoyed this internship. The work I was doing felt meaningful since we were contributing to actual client projects, and I felt supported the entire way through. I developed a lot of new skills along the way too. I really enjoyed the many social events as well.

  • 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 Softwire

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

    • Yes

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

    • Everyone at the company (and therefore probably your interviewers) is so friendly so don't stress about the interview.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

London

August 2022

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