Network and automation engineer Review
by Bank of America
Rating
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Skills
3.8
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
3.3
- 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 Bank of America
- 7. Would you recommend Bank of America to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bank of America
Overview
Role was of network engineer. I was liaising with different teams from other architecture teams such as load balancing, firewalls, network data and network engineering.
Skills
Developed my existing skills of networking. Learnt new programming modules used to program networking devices such as netmiko
Responsibilities
Not really. I did have a manager who I was reporting to and my project would've had an impact. However, for anyone applying to banks keep in mind that banks are really slow. They don't use the latest technology and if you're applying so that you'll kearn about new tech then banks won't teach you.
Support & Guidance
I received a lot of support and guidance. I had a mentor and a buddy which meant there was someone available for you all the time.
Culture
Best culture. You cannot fault their culture especially the people in the tech building in Chester. Everyone knew each other and looked out for each other. I have heard that's not the same in every Bofa building. Outgoing people there and love to drink. [This section of the comment has been removed by a member of the RateMyPlacement Team because it did not meet our site terms and conditions]
Your Impressions
My internship was enjoyable. Culture was good. Technology was old and banks are really slow to keep up with technology. If only their office was in a major city apart from London and they paid higher for grads then I would've taken their offer for a job.
Yes
Just be yourself. They look for people that will fit into their culture. If you're a fit u can learn all the other stuff. Once you're in, there's a lot of opportunities to move around
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Information Technology, Computer Science
Wales
November 2022
