Student Full Stack Developer Review
by IBM
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
-
The Role
4.4
-
The Company
3.9
-
The Culture
4.0
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
I was able to get opportunity to experience a variety of different activities both inside and outside of my role. This kept me interested as I wasn't always doing the same thing and got to learning about new things.
Everyone I have interacted with have been friendly and expressed their gratitude when I helped someone or did something good etc.
There is lots of structure put in place to make sure that there is someone I or any other intern could go to for general support. There is a whole network for written guidance and internal communities which you can reach out to for role or topic related advice, as well.
For the most part I always had work I can do but there are times when I have more flexibility with how I spend my time and times when I had to focus on one thing.
On my project, as I was working mainly with my manager, a lot of the responsibility for the completion of tasks were on myself. However, I receive a lot of guidance as to how I should go about complete those tasks so it wasn't too difficult.
I definitely gained a lot from my time at IBM, I learned a level of professionalism and maturity that I don't think I would have got so soon by going to University. I also the think the agile methodology used complete work has given be good habits that I can apply to any work I do in the future.
The Company
The Culture
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Computer Systems Engineering
London
April 2019
