Software Development Associate Review

by Accenture

Rating

3.8/5
  • Skills
    3.8
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Depending on the project you are assigned, this can change but on the software engineering stream your first project may not be software focussed, but you get the chance to change projects and can find one that will suit your experience/ interests.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Opportunities are provided to develop skills in AWS or Azure. Which can lead to professionally recognised qualifications. Is a great opportunity to learn industry skills on the projects chosen, and also skills that will be necessary for employment after graduation


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 3/5

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

  • 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?
  • Yeah you are given responsibility to deliver what is required from your project. I was always treated like a full member of the team.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Not much support from the Accenture side other than the people you work with directly on the project. Who were always supportive.


  • 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?
  • 3/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • It was good, although due to the pandemic a lot was virtual. This didn't change till the end of the placement, but the culture and atmosphere seemed positive.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I greatly enjoyed it, and would happily work with Accenture in the future.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 3/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Accenture
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Accenture
  • Give yourself time to complete all the activates, as there is many stages to the application process. Although none were too complicated, they did require preparation before hand.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Software Engineering

London

October 2022


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