Software Engineering Internship Review

by Bloomberg

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • 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.
  • My role involves developing end to end systems that improves the workflow of our internal users. I work closely with my team to deliver high standards solutions using best available technologies while providing high scalability and maintainability. I also have meeting with the clients we develop the solutions for in order to better understand their requirements.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have learned what it takes to develop large scale systems and how to deploy and deliver them to our users. I also improved my hard (coding, unit testing, frontend) and soft skills (client meetings, requirements analysis).


  • 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?
  • 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?
  • I had a lot of ownership over my project and the way it is developed and integrated. I was tasked with designing the plan and migration strategy.


  • 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?
  • I have worked closely to both my mentor and manager. They made sure that there was always an open channel of communication. The other team members were also happy to help me when I needed it.


  • 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?
  • Inclusive and relaxed atmosphere, but that does not affect to work that everyone was doing. To summarize, work hard play hard.


  • 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 enjoyed it a lot. I am glad that I had the opportunity to work here and would recommend it.


  • 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 Bloomberg
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bloomberg
  • Make the best out of the opportunities that Bloomberg offers.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Systems Engineering, Computer Science

London

September 2022


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