Software Engineer Review
by Bloomberg
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Bloomberg
- 7. Would you recommend Bloomberg to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bloomberg
Overview
Work on a dedicated Summer Intern project during 12 weeks, while participating in the daily workflow of your Software Engineering Team. On a daily basis, the intern attends all team meetings, participates in intern and networking events, and works on their intern project. As well, the intern has frequent one-to-one meetings with their mentor and manager.
Skills
I have developed many soft skills this Summer, including communication and networking. Concerning technical skills, I have personally developed my Python and C# skills. I have also personally learned a lot about the financial domain, especially about Commodities, Futures, Indices and Corporate Actions.
Responsibilities
As interns, we are given a relatively good amount of responsibility. This is the case as we are given ownership of our projects, and that this work is often deployed to production. As well, we are trusted enough to work independently on our projects.
Support & Guidance
The support and guidance available at Bloomberg is quite important. Firstly, interns have weekly to daily one-to-one meetings with their manager and mentor to make sure that the internship is going well at all times. As well, as part of the Bloomberg culture, colleagues are very open to giving help whenever needed.
Culture
The company culture is very open and focused on the employees' wellbeing. As such, everyone is very helpful and open, and the working atmosphere is flexible to allow you to work at your own pace with enough support to stay focused and efficient at your desk.
Your Impressions
I very much enjoyed my summer internship. I loved every aspect of it. My project was very interesting to me, I liked my team and peers, everyone was very helpful, the networking and intern events were great. Overall, I had an amazing insight into Bloomberg and loved the experience!
Yes
Make sure to prepare for the assessments in the application process as expectations are high. Then, during the internship, make sure to take advantage of all resources and opportunities available (networking, e-learning, ted talks, ...) to develop your skills and network as much as possible!
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Computer Science
London
September 2022
