Software Engineer Review

by Lloyds Banking Group

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • 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.

    • I was part of the cloud engineering team, developing, maintaining and generally looking after the cloud infrastructure employed by the mortgages platform and its applications.

    Skills

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

    • Yes! Cloud Engineering, Agile Development, Scripting, Personal and Social Improvements etc!!! They are all put to the test at LBG, and I feel much more confident to get into the industry following my year at LBG

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 4/5
  • 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 was given the freedom of ownership of multiple new performance monitoring applications that gave us the insight needed to properly manage our cloud infrastructure, including diagnosing issues and watching out for strange behaviour

  • 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?

    • I recieived lots of guidance, my colleagues are amazing and always there to support me if I was stuck. They were very happy to let me get on with my work and not feel a need to shadow my every move, but never forgot that I am a student and would leap at the chance to help me if I needed it

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • Amazing. I have never been happier in a job. Coming from a few toxic part-time jobs, LBG was fantastic and I WILL be going back to work there!

  • 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?

    • This year was invaluable. It has progressed my career to no end. I started with 0 experience and left with life long friends, confidence and a job offer!

  • 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 Lloyds Banking Group

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Lloyds Banking Group to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Lloyds Banking Group

    • Be open, chatty and honest about your thoughts and feelings during work and you will thrive! Everyone at LBG wants to help!

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Computer Science, Software Engineering

Yorkshire and Humberside

July 2023

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