Technical Industrial Placement Review
by CGI
Rating
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Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 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 CGI
- 7. Would you recommend CGI to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to CGI
Overview
I am a Developer in the space sector, which means I fix any bugs in the codebase or implement new features as told. Day to day, I might have a stand-up meeting to report my progress/blockers to the rest of the team and then spend the rest of my working day progressing with my tasks, meeting with my colleagues for help with blockers or starting something new if I had finished.
Skills
I've developed my C++ skills during my placement, as this is the language the tool I've been assigned to uses. I have also increased my python skills in regards to Machine Learning a lot during the Student Kickstart Initiative project, which will help me a lot in my final year of university.
Responsibilities
In the last few months of my placement, I've been solely in charge of the improvements to one of the tools on my project. I still have access to help when I need it, but I am trusted to ask for it when I need.
Support & Guidance
I have been given a lot of support during my placement. On my first day I was given a buddy to help me get started and I was always paired up with a more senior member of the team to help me with my tasks when I needed it.
Culture
The company culture is very friendly. There is the Sports and Social club where you can go to work events like the theatre, meals or do sports for free/extremely discounted where I've met a lot of people. There was also a lot of graduates and other placement students when I started so I felt more comfortable as I had other people of my age around me.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed my placement a lot. I have met lots of friends and gained helpful experience that I'll use in the future.
Yes
Prepare well for your interview, and expect an assessment centre that focuses more on teamwork and logic than coding.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Computer Science
South East
June 2023
