IT Development Intern Review

I had a great time while working as an IT Development Summer intern at EDF Trading, having done a pervious internship with another company I was curious to see what EDF Trading has to offer and I’m glad to say I wasn’t disappointed. I would recommend this internship for both second years and graduates.

From Day 1, I have settled as a part of the company and wasn’t treated any different than senior members of the company. I’ve had the opportunity to work with several members of the company from different divisions and most of them were very welcoming, was even invited to attend permanent employee networking events.

Like I’ve mentioned, I’ve already completed a previous internship with another company and I felt that this place was a lot more supportive in terms of giving guidance. My manager and colleagues were also very approachable and always willing to help out, this was a major reason why I enjoyed working here.

It started off a bit slow as you imagine with any workplace as there will general admin tasks to do before completely immersing in the internship. However my line manager had already schedule the necessary meetings in order to find me an internship project. From the end of first week I’ve been busy throughout and never felt like the time was dragging.

I was primarily involved in one project which was relatively high in terms of priority, and in my opinion a self-managed project such as my one gives to the best opportunity to take lead yourself and work around several rising issues. Moreover there is potentially the opportunity to expose yourself into more responsibilities if you want.

I was impressed by the company that they had set up several intern training events which I found useful. One of the primary ones is a presentation skills workshop which I found useful for developing my confidence in presenting. There are also other events such as Lunch and Learn hosted by different departments every week providing the opportunity to gain a border perspective of the company

It was a fairly laid back environment (in my department anyway), I was expecting this to be a high pressured corporate environment as this was a sale & trading company - this was definitely a change to my previous internship workplace. Other employees were also were friendly and very approachable.

It was well structured by the HR department with events being separated with the right gap meaning that it doesn’t occur too often affecting your project and not too far away so that you don’t lose touch with other interns. There variation in the events set up were also really good.

The internship in general was a pleasant experience and I’ve and the opportunity to work on a valuable project which added real business value to them and had the opportunity to meet several new people. This has given enhanced by transferrable skills in general and given the boost to my self confidence in order to apply to high demand graduate programmes in the future

This is a great place to work in general and since this is a medium sized organisation there is a constant need for more developers to work on different projects. I would only be available for a full time position after a year and will possibly be back in touch to see if there will be any opportunities available then.

Yes, since the size of the intake is relatively small there is the opportunity for a closer intern community. Everyone got on well together often met up for events set up by the company as well as for lunch in other days. Company also organised an intern outing day mid-way through the internship where there was an opportunity to meet interns from other locations.

Office is located in the middle of London therefore it's commutaable from nearby locations. Moreover the rent cna vary depending on where you are in london

It's london baby

Company entered in group marthons etc and if you wanted to, could possibly find out about other activities among employees.