Product Engineering Software Undergraduate Review

by JLR

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I worked in team MARS, who were responsible for building a platform to manage and release software in cars, it would be used by our internal stakeholders. I was a software engineer and dealt with the entire full stack pipeline.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Improved my ReactJS skills, DevOps, team management and leadership, interactivity with other members of the business


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • I was entrusted with a lot of responsibility, giving me hands on experience in writing complex code and building in huge functionality within the platform


  • 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?
  • My team and line manager were extremely supportive and always were in hand to answer queries and clear confusion. The communication about the role and job in hand was always clear


  • 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?
  • The company was definitely inclusive of people of different strengths, and the team always emphasised on learning as a priority


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Enjoy my entire journey, I've come a long way as a software engineer and my skills as a programmer and as a team player have definitely improved


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at JLR
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend JLR to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to JLR
  • Give emphasis on creativity in your CV and dedication, understand the JLR product line up and vision


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Software Engineering

West Midlands

June 2023


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