Software Engineering Intern Review

by Bloomberg

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.8/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • 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.

    • Writing code Design meetings Reviewing other team members code Intern events

    Skills

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

    • Yes, learnt about software development in a professional environment, software rollouts, testing, microservices and the Bloomberg terminal

  • 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, I felt a strong sense of ownership over my project.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • Lots, I had a week and a half of training in a classroom environment at the start of my 12 week internship. Then my team were very supportive for the rest of my time at Bloomberg.

  • 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?

    • 4/5

    Culture

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

    • Very good. Collaborative an supportive in a technical sense. Also I wasn't expecting to become such good friends with the other interns

  • 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 enjoyed it very much

  • 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 Bloomberg

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

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bloomberg

    • Have experience writing and working on large software systems as well as a strong Leetcode ability. Communication skills are also important.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Systems Engineering, Computer Science

London

September 2022

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