2022 Software Engineer Intern Review
by Bloomberg
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Bloomberg
- 7. Would you recommend Bloomberg to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bloomberg
Overview
Work on a project under a mentorship of full-time software engineer. Learn more about the company and connect with employees and other interns. Learn ins and outs of Engineering team's daily activities
Skills
I've learnt how to write production-level code in C++, what are agile practices team uses, and developed more communication and collaboration skills. I've also learnt about deployment stages and how the processes can be automated.
Responsibilities
I was fully responsible for my project, could control every aspect of it. I could also modify boards in jira and my opinion was valued during the team meetings. My project was creating valuable feature that was presented to the clients and product managers.
Support & Guidance
I have been working in a very pleasant environment where I could reach out for guidance to anyone. I also had daily 1-2-1 with my mentor and regular 1-2-1 with team members. Even outside of the team I received much support and help
Culture
The company had wonderful atmosphere with tons of activities and interest groups.
Your Impressions
The internship was an enjoyable experience in many ways, I've been able to learn more about the country, city, company, experience their culture and make valuable connections.
Yes
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Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Computer Science, Computer Systems Engineering, Engineering
London
September 2022
