Software Engineering Intern Review

by Autodesk

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Rating

4/5
  • Skills
    3.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

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

    • starts off with a project meeting at 10 am, after which we continue development till lunch. Lunch lasts for 1hr or so, during which we have the option of playing a few games including table football. Then we get back to development and interact with different parts of the team for feedback.

    Skills

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

    • Learnt C++ and developed Python further.

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 3/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 4/5
  • 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, I had a lot of design and development freedom and decision-making responsibilities throughout the internship.

  • 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?

    • Daily feedback from my supervisor with once a fortnight meeting with a personal mentor.

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

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 2/5

    Culture

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

    • Extremely friendly and casual with lots of freedom and flexibility.

  • 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?

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • Enjoyed it a lot and am glad to have produced a meaningful result that will soon be released to the customers

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

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

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

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

    • Yes

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

    • Brush up on Java/C/C++, basics are more than enough. Interview tests more of candidate potential than any current technical ability.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

West Midlands

September 2022

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