Technology Intern Review

by J.P. Morgan

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Rating

4.1/5
  • The Role
    3.9
  • The Company
    4.2
  • The Culture
    4.1

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Thought it was fantastic! Great atmosphere, great people, interesting project.

    5/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • Team was very approachable, and my voice was heard for design decisions

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Very easy to seek answers when stuck, had weekly 1:1 meetings to make sure things were progressing ok. My manager was quite busy for a good amount of the time, but that's sort of to be expected, and I was able to get on with my own work without any issues.

    4/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Most of the time I had plenty to do, only maybe one or two days out of the entire 10 week period did I feel lost for stuff to do

    4/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Was given a side project to work on, but working with one team member to design it, and I wrote all the code personally. Great sense of project ownership, however I did not work on the production code the rest of the team was using. This suited me fine, though!

    3/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Learnt a lot, especially about writing code for use by others, and agile methodologies.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Everyone was very easy going and it wasn't full suits and ties. Casual Fridays!

    5/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Some minor issues getting set up initially, but after that I had no problems. I knew what I was working on a few weeks before I started.

    4/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Plenty of sessions covering a variety of subjects to attend, and free access to the intranet Training Centre which had loads of information on a myriad of stuff.

    4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Company Parties/Events
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Don't know for sure yet, but it sounds like I'm on track for a grad position!

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Plenty of intern events, and we went out under our own steam a few times.

    5/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • I live in glasgow anyway, and I find the prices pretty reasonable.

    4/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Glasgow is great, however I couldn't personally comment as I prefer to stay inside. ;D

    5/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • Reasonable number of after work events we could go to.

    3/5
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Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

Scotland

September 2013

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