Software Engineering Intern Review

by Centrica

Rating

4.8/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • 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.
  • Worked as a front-end developer on British Gas Digital Apps, mostly remote - 9am to 5pm. Tasks included testing, documentation, working on features and learning about new software engineering tools.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Testing, communication, Scrum, JavaScript


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • I was given a good amount of responsibilities during my time at Centrica and was able to gain more responsibilities whenever I asked


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • I was given support throughout my time from my team. There were feedback sessions and 1-1 meetings whenever I needed to go through a certain topic or was confused about something.


  • 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 great, they helped develop my soft skills and had many events to socialise and improve certain skills.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • I enjoyed the internship thoroughly, there were many opportunities to grow and the team did really support me throughout my time here to ensure I got the most out of the internship.


  • 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 Centrica
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Centrica to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Centrica
  • Take up every opportunity that you get, make sure to ask questions and make the most out of the internship.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

South East

August 2024


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