Undergrad Software Engineer Review
by JLR
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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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 JLR
- 7. Would you recommend JLR to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to JLR
Overview
Standups in the mornings - usually several as I was working with several teams at once. Other agile ceremonies such as retros, ticket refinement, etc. Outside of scheduled meetings I was free to learn independently or shadow anyone that would have me.
Skills
Loads of new skills - brushed up on my languages as well as I personally leaned towards product owner skills which I had the freedom to explore as well.
Responsibilities
I did work on a couple customer-facing tasks though most of the work I did that was used was ticket writing for software devs and user flows for devs and architects.
Support & Guidance
Loads of support from everyone, not just my direct manager. Everyone is keen to help you out and tell you anything you want to know, show you anything you want to see, etc. However there's no hand-holding so if you need or want support you have to ask for it - which is good for your development I think.
Culture
In Manchester office everyone is very friendly, the office is beautiful. I've heard the Gaydon location is a bit more capital-c Corporate but Manchester is very Mancunian, for lack of a better phrase.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed it very much. Lots of freedom and independence while always having support close by when I needed it.
Yes
Soft skills are very much needed as managers are paying attention to how well you're possibly going to mesh with the team, not just how good you are. Show off that you're a friendly team-player as well as your competence within your role.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering
North West
October 2023
