Intern Review
by American Express
Rating
-
Skills
4.3
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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
4.0
- 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 American Express
- 7. Would you recommend American Express to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to American Express
Overview
Various programming tasks in Java using reactive style programming. Utilise agile development techniques to intergrate with an existing codebase. Network and learn from senior members of the company. Visualise and display metrics for existing applications. Present our work through a mixture of different presentations Attend daily standups with a hosting engineer team. Take part in business unit breakdowns and senior speaker series.
Skills
I have greatly improved both my presentation skills and my professional skills. From a technical perspective I have bolstered my knowledge of programming with a new reactive paradigm. Additionally through talks with senior members I have improved my domain and business knowledge. By speaking to people from a variety of different roles I have improved my understanding of how different roles in the company intergrate.
Responsibilities
I was given a fair amount of responsibility. Our team of interns has been left to our own devices to develop requirements and implement them. We were delegated the task of communicating with product owners.
Support & Guidance
We recieved a lot of support and guidance with regards to the communication with upper management. Senior members of the department were very friendly and willing to talk through any issues or queries that we might raise. Additionally the inclusion of short daily standups allowed us to have many opportunities to raise any concerns.
Culture
Very positive. There is an atmosphere of openness and continuous development that made me feel immediately comfortable. There was no pressure with regards to timing or dress code, and with the flexible working from home scheme I felt like I was able to be in control of my own schedule.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed it for the most part. My main issues came with the actual software development aspect of the placement. I felt that there was relatively little in the way of truly logical puzzles or tasks that pushed my technical abilities. This made that aspect of the placement a little tedious.
Yes
Treat the internship or placement as a more general placement. Do not go into it with a fixed mindset of what tasks you will be doing and allow yourself to try new things. Take the opportunity to meet with people from a variety of backgrounds and roles to allow for your own personal growth
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Software Engineering
South East
August 2023
