Software Engineer Intern Review

by Capital One

Best Student Employer

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.

    • Day starts with standups within our assigned team. We also have meetings with our other group project. We then may have more meetings. Around an hour break for lunch etc with a coffee break latet (although this is very flexible). All round just super duper chill and promotes learning throughout!

    Skills

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

    • I've learnt so much! Java, Gradle, Springboot, Python, Pipelines, Github, CICD, TDD, AWS, Soft skills Ive also learnt a lot of data concepts by talking to senior members freely :)) (i was services intern but i was still able to learn a lot about data related topics)

  • 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?

    • Yes! We were all given the lead on our projects with immense support; we showcased what we were working on each morning during out standups! We all got the opportunity to lead a sprint as scrum masters! We had to present our tools which delivered value to the business!

  • 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?

    • Immense! We were all assigned a mentor and a buddy and we were encouraged to ask questions and attend variety of different talks which were all interesting! Theres a tight network in capital one meaning that you freely ask people questions in topics that you were interested in :))

  • 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?

    • Its amazing, chill and supportive! During lunch people often prompted people to play games and activities! The intern group became a very close and friendly group which encouraged us to learn even more!

  • 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?

    • to the absolute max! I learnt so much, there were so many social events, we went to alton towers, night outs and of coursse OneFest. Most importantly I learnt an awful lot and Im really really grateful!

  • 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 Capital One

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Capital One to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Capital One

    • Be yourself and ask questions!!

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

East Midlands

September 2022

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