Media Software Engineer Intern Review
at NBCUniversal
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering
London
Review Submitted: May 2024
Overall Rating
4.1 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
3/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
I worked on a variety of different projects and tasks, from documentation, QA (Quality Assurance), where I do GitHub pull request and code reviews. Azure tasks and ticket management tasks too.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given a lot of responsibility when it came to managing our test automation results, where this was fully managed by myself, and other tasks within my Jira tickets were also my responsibility.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
React, Typescript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Postman, Jira, GitHub
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
People in my team were very useful and always available when needed via teams.
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?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very relaxed atmosphere, everyone was very welcoming and friendly. Very nice and modern office too.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I have enjoyed my placement a lot and has helped me develop the soft skills needed for future software engineering roles such as communication, teamwork, presentation, networking and time management skills.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at NBCUniversal
3/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend NBCUniversal to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to NBCUniversal
It's a great experience and you will have a great time here, with great people too, making it easy to build relationships and network. It is great to work for a company which is so large and influential in the media and entertainment industry.
