Quality Engineer / Developer Advocate Review
by Capital One
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
3.8
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 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 Capital One
- 7. Would you recommend Capital One to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Capital One
Overview
I completed two rotations whilst at Capital One, each lasting six months. The first role was as a Quality Engineer in a Mobile team. This involved planning, writing, and running various test types, to ensure that the mobile app was fit for purpose. The second position was as a Developer Advocate. This consisted of working on several projects that remove roadblocks for the wider development team. A large part of this work was networking across the business while overseeing the creation of an Engineering Handbook to aid new and existing coworkers.
Skills
I learned many new skills and further developed others. These included: - Software languages: Kotlin, Swift, React - Testing frameworks such as Cypress - Working in an Agile way
Responsibilities
Yes, particuarly in my second rotation. I took on a lot of the organising and overseeing of the Engineering Handbook project, and my team seemed more than happy for me to do this.
Support & Guidance
Plenty. I had a mentor for each rotation, and they were there to guide me in the day-to-day work. I also had a buddy at the beginning who was available for more general help and advice. Both of my teams were also incredibly supportive and they made the entire placement year a breeze!
Culture
Exceptional atmosphere within teams, but the upper management (also the US head office) leave some things to be desired. There's a fair amount of negativity around the recent changes to the hybrid work policy. Employees and teams were trusted to manage their own weekly schedules, but there's now a lot of box ticking to get everyone in the office, regardless of whether this is beneficial for the company or the employees. Upper management are ignoring the complaints which does not hekp morale.
Your Impressions
I loved my time at Cap1 and most of this was due to the other people there. Almost all of them were absolutely fantastic and I feel proud to have worked with them!
Yes
Definitely apply! Be yourself during the interview process, and enjoy every moment if you do get offered a position :)
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering, Front-end Development
East Midlands
July 2024
