Software engineering Intern Review

by NatWest Group

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Rating

4.3/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

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

    • Over the 2 months I will do an over arching software project. I will first create plans and research documents to present in daily stand ups meetings. I will then build the software including API's, design work, programming scripts etc. This work is feedback to manager in meetings. I will also do a final presentation

    Skills

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

    • Yes I have developed Java programming skills. I have learnt new software like Jira and Tableau. I have also learned the processes involved in being in a software team.

  • 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?

    • 4/5
  • 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

    • 3/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • Yes I was given the responsibility of a whole project that was going to be actually used within the bank.

  • 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 had daily stand up meetings with my manager and had contacts to technical surport as well

  • 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?

    • Welcoming and surpportive

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

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

    • 4/5
  • 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 every day to be learning more about software

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at NatWest Group

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend NatWest Group to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to NatWest Group

    • Research about the company's values and culture

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Software Engineering

Scotland

July 2023

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