Developer Analyst Review

by Barclays

Best Student Employer

Rating

4/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • I am assigned to a team and have been given an interal project with two other interns, where we have created an architecture from scratch to create a solution to an issue within the team

    Skills

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

    • Yes, I have learnt extensively about AWS and how to develop infrastructure as code. My social skills have also greatly benefitted and I have become more aware of working professionally

  • 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?

    • 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?

    • Yes, given access to live tools and accounts, in order to develop our own solution

  • 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?

    • We had two line managers who we could always ask for help on any problems and who guided us through the steps we should take to develop our application

  • 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?

    • 2/5

    Culture

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

    • Very friendly and chill, not strict on having to work 24/7

  • 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?

    • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I enjoyed it very much, although some of the corporate culture was a bit exhausting

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

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

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

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

    • Yes

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

    • Be yourself and be honest

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Software Engineering

Scotland

August 2023

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