Java Developer Intern Review

by Totalmobile

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Rating

4/5
  • The Role
    4.3
  • The Company
    3.9
  • The Culture
    3.5

    The Role

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

    • The placement has been highly enjoyable mostly down to friendly people and real and challenging work.

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • all of my collegues were very understanding of times when I may not understand something whilst still making feel part of the team.

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

    • Help was not hard to come by during my placement. When I first started I was paired up with a sort of 'mentor' who would help me through any questions I had about the product or the frameworks I was using.

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

    • There is always work to do since we worked in line with agile methodology in the sense that we worked in 2 week sprints and did sprint planning at the end of each sprint. There was a list of task each sprint which were decided in planning that could be picked up and other than that there are always plenty of issues or stories in the backlog.

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

    • At first it was pretty guided but as I gained confidence in my role I was able to choose to some extent what I worked on and make judgements on how it should be done.

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • I learnt more about programming in one week of my placement than 2 years of university taught me.

    5/5

    The Company

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

    • A fairly relaxed yet professional atmosphere, especially in dev since there is no uniform really and everyone knows each other.

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Never really had any issue, the occasional time were work was running dry never lasted long. I moved teams half way through the year with no issues at all.

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

    • Most learning happened on the job but I needed time to put aside for learning that was made available to me.

    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?

    • Many placement students in the past have been offered jobs and there doesn't seem to be any reason for this to change.

    4/5

    The Culture

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

    • This is more down to the individual but I really enjoyed the company of my fellow interns and we would play table football most lunch breaks

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

    • Cost of living is OK if you look around and pubs aren't any more expensive than normal.

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

    • The nightlife is ok in newbury but I wouldn't expect anything special as its not exactly a big city. However reading has plenty going on.

    3/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • there is an opportunity to get involved with teaching some secondary school kids through the use of lego robots.

    3/5
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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

South West

June 2014

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