Software Engineer Intern Review

by Softwire

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • We worked on a web project for a non-profit. On a day-to-day basis, this meant a daily standup just after starting work and programming and code reviews for the rest of the day with a lunch break between 1230 and 1330


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I developed many skills, particularly in programming in a team environment and in general web development.


  • 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?
  • 3/5

  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • We were responsible for giving a demo to the client as well as a couple to others in the company.


  • 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?
  • There were always people to ask for help, particularly from our trainer and fellow interns.


  • 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?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Great. Everyone is extremely friendly and the office makes a huge effort to organise and fund socials that were frequent and enjoyable.


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

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 3/5

  • 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?
  • It was very rewarding, particularly as our work went to improving the operations of a charity and the atmosphere was so friendly and welcoming.


  • 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 Softwire
  • 3/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Softwire
  • Make the most of all the non-work opportunities, the people and events are the best bit.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

West Midlands

August 2023


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