Software engineer Review

by Capital One

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I worked as a Web intern, where we migrated web pages from onsite servers to the cloud


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I learnt a lot about React and testing using softwares such as Cypress. Furthermore, I was able to learn more about agile working methods such as scrum and kanban.


  • 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?
  • 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?
  • We were given a lot of responsibility of our own code however, had a great network of support to help us if we needed


  • 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 was given a buddy, a mentor and I also had a team and a manager who all helped and checked in on me every week.


  • 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 culture was very fun, having mandatory fun every week, however there was still the seriousness of having work to do, and completing tasks before deadline however Cap One has definitely done a good job at finding the balance


  • 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?
  • 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?
  • I definitely enjoyed it a lot, it was a great opportunity to learn more about myself and interacting with a work environment


  • 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 Capital One
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Capital One to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Capital One
  • Just be yourself, and enjoy the interview process, be genuinely interested in the interviewers and what they do, and ask questions!


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Software Engineering

East Midlands

August 2023


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