Technology Summer Intern Review

by American Express

Rating

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

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Worked on the development of a proof-of-concept application. Day-to-day, we were given a lot of freedom over the project, so this helped me to develop my leadership and prioritisation skills.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I have developed my front-end skills through hands-on experience, as well as learning a lot about general professional workflows


  • 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?
  • 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 almost complete creative control over the project, as well as having the responsibility of prioritising our own work.


  • 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 received plenty of support from everybody working in the team that I was placed in, as well as the managers, and the early careers program (ECP) team. Overall, it was a wholly supportive environment


  • 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?
  • Comfortable, relaxing, and supportive.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • This internship has been an incredible opportunity for me to develop, while remaining incredibly fun. Overall, I enjoyed it a lot


  • 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 American Express
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend American Express to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to American Express
  • Don't stress too much about the application progress, the careers team want you to succeed just as much as you do!


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Software Engineering

South East

July 2024


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