Software Engineering Intern Review

by Capital One

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Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • 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.

    • My role was a Web Developer. On a day to day basis I led stand ups, picked up Jira Tickets, Reviewed PRs and programmed.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I learnt React, Typescript, Playwright, Cypress, Mocking and Agile Development

  • 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?

    • 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?

    • Yes there was a lot of responsibility given to us from day one as our projects were going into production and was going to be used by real customers

  • 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?

    • The support structure is very good, where they pair interns and associates with mentors and buddies to help ease us into the ways of working as well as have someone to go to when facing any blockers.

  • 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 atmosphere was very relaxed and professional. It was a nice space to work and learn and everyone was so happy to help

  • 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?

    • I enjoyed my internship a lot. It was a great and memorable experience

  • 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 Capital One

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Capital One to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Capital One

    • Prepare your technical skills for the interviews but don’t worry too much about your technical level before joining. The environment is very supportive and everyone wants you to grow.

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Software Engineering

East Midlands

August 2024

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