Software Engineering Technology Placement Review
by Accenture
Rating
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Skills
3.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
4.0
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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 Accenture
- 7. Would you recommend Accenture to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Accenture
Overview
Given a specific client project, I would work in a smaller team : - contacting client representatives to obtain contextual information to use for tasks at hand - creating roadmaps and plans to achieve set goals - implementing project work i.e working on a tool to progress work, create deliverable documents etc. - create documentation and presentations on work being done - present progress (presentations) to relevant stakeholders - attend meetings to share progress and understand overall timelines and requirements
Skills
Yes. I learnt and developed teamwork, organisation, presentation, clear verbal and written communication, process modelling, robotic process automation, project design, leadership, analysis and networking skills amongst others.
Responsibilities
Yes, I was given a lot of responsibility. After a month of working I had gained topic specific knowledge which led me to be a technical representative of the topic in my team. I was in charge of maintaining the tool relating to it and ensuring it was error free. I had to contact other subject matter expects in the organisation when trouble shooting which was ultimately a lot of responsibility.
Support & Guidance
I had good support, having an internal mentor and 2 placement group leads that assisted me with any issues I had. I also had a line manager for each project I did who supported me on a dad to day.
Culture
I really liked the company culture which involved a lot of internal events both academic and cultural. I was able to form a good friendships with some graduates and apprentices through internal hackathon events and game socials. Overall, it was a welcoming environments and everyone was always willing to share opportunities or information relating to your areas of interest.
Your Impressions
I felt like a full employee and it (corny as it sounds) felt like home. I gained and lot of invaluable skills and made great connections. I was able to engage in meaningful work and have fun whilst doing it.
Yes
Just be confidently yourself. They truly accept you for your enthusiasm, quirks and ambitious goals and interests.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering
London
September 2023
