Software Engineer Review
by IBM
Best Student Employer
Rating
2.9/5
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Skills
2.8
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Responsibilities
1.0
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Support & Guidance
2.5
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Culture
4.3
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Your Impressions
2.0
- 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 IBM
- 7. Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Overview
Stand-ups, checking emails and slack messages, writing code, attending meetings
Skills
Developed coding skills a little bit
2/5
3/5
4/5
2/5
Responsibilities
On a project by project basis
1/5
Support & Guidance
Lots of support for soft skills and guidance but little to no support on developing technical skills and knowledge
3/5
2/5
Culture
Everyone is very friendly
5/5
5/5
5/5
2/5
Your Impressions
Not that much. Everyone was very nice but in terms of the actual work I was doing, felt like there was enough knowledgeable people around me to provide me the guidance and structure that I wanted.
2/5
2/5
2/5
No
Make sure have strict definition of your job role and team structure so you can be sure it is the right postiotion for you
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering
South West
June 2024
