Software Engineering Internship Review

by Capital One

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • 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.
  • A day as a Capital One software intern includes writing Java code, pair programming, a lot of excursions to interesting places. The internship program is essentially work as a software engineer after onboarding.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes I have both learned a lot of new skills and developed existing skills. This includes skills that I thought I was already good at.


  • 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?
  • I was given a good amount of responsibility in form of a project that had a good amount of internal impact. It was not urgent work but it was really appreciated by the people using it.


  • 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?
  • A lot of support. I always had many options of people to ask questions. I had many catch ups with various people.


  • 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?
  • Culture was amazing. Everyone is super chill and I've met many people id hang out with outside of work. There are many celebration events including festivals etc.


  • 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 really enjoyed my internship because of the people and the work.


  • 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
  • While the money is definitely less than other places the culture is amazing, so if you prefer the company environment it's for you


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Software Engineering

East Midlands

August 2024


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