Software Engineer Intern Review

by NatWest Group

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Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

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

    • My role involves working on a project I've been assigned to undertake as part of the internship. Every day I have a scrum meeting with the team, practice self-led learning while working on the task assigned. I participate in events organised by the company, network with other interns/graduates/or colleagues.

    Skills

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

    • I have learn a wide variety of skills. In particular, I have developed my skills in AWS EMR, EC2, S3, and Athena. I have also learned PySpark and Airflow. Furthermore, I have improved my networking, collaboration, ideation, design, presentation, and programming skills.

  • 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

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

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

    • Yes, I was given the responsibility to manage the AWS EMR version upgrade for the team. This is something that had never been done before by anyone in the team, hence, it was a great responsibility to have.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • I received lots of support. From my managers, assigned buddies, colleagues, and people I have met in general.

  • 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?

    • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • The company culture was great. Everyone is very friendly and I got the chance to have a meeting with one of the executives in the company.

  • 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?

    • 5/5
  • 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 very much enjoyed it. I have not only developed a lot of technical and behavioural skills, but I've got the change to get a refined perspective of what the industry is like, and what areas I may develop my career into.

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

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

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

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend NatWest Group to a friend?

    • Yes

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

    • Understand what the company's values and objectives are and link them to yours. This will show why you're particularly interested and have the drive to become a valuable person for the bank.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Software Engineering

Scotland

August 2023

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