Technology Placement Review

by IBM

Best Student Employer

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.
  • Infrastructure work with large and complex systems. Full stack application development. Excel, financial and other ad hoc work.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Vue.js, Node.js, Docker, AWS. Developed Excel, presentation and financial skills. General skills like communication, teamwork and management etc. improved.


  • 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?
  • After completing training and are trusted by managers, given the same amount of responsibility as those around me.


  • 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?
  • Regular calls with managers. Team around me to help out and ask any questions I needed. Higher ups very supportive and happy to help out however needed.


  • 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?
  • Everyone happy to talk and answer questions you ask. Regular social and community events. Generally a very welcoming environment.


  • 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?
  • It was a great experience, got to have a lot of fun whilst gaining useful knowledge and training.


  • 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 IBM
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
  • Technical skills preferred but not required. You need to show technical curiosity that can be done inside or outside of university etc. Do your research on the company and its values.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Computer Systems Engineering

London

September 2022


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