Software Engineer Review

by American Express

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

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

    • 10 week internship dealing with Spring boot and Kotlin. A project is handed to us, for which we will then ask Amex members to review it for us. A presentation is done in the end.

    Skills

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

    • Yes, I have gained an understanding of Spring Boot and learned a new language Kotlin. It also allowed me to observe a working environment and contribute to a wider repository which meant enhancing my teamwork and leadership skills

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • A project was handed to us, for which we had to ensure passed the business requirements

  • 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?

    • A lot. We attended daily standups like the rest of the engineers and had multiple chats with our product owner and team leader

  • 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?

    • 5/5

    Culture

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

    • Great culture. Allows for learning and growing in the company

  • 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?

    • 5/5
  • 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?

    • I really enjoyed my placement and was very thankful for having this opportunity

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

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

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at American Express

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend American Express to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to American Express

    • Practice coding, do multiple projects and get a good understanding of data structures.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Systems Engineering

South East

August 2022

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