Software Development Engineer 1 Review
at Capital One
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering
Nottingham
Review Submitted: June 2023
Overall Rating
5 /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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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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.
Picking up stories and contributing to repositories that will eventually be pushed to production.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes I was surprised with the amount of responsibility given to placement students here. We are fully trusted to contribute to code repositories and pushing to production environments. It’s scary at first but you get supported throughout the process
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Web technologies such as typescript, react, Node etc.
Mobile technologies such as android studio, kotlin, swift etc.
Pipelines, Jenkins, AWS infrastructure, jira, confluence
Mobile technologies such as android studio, kotlin, swift etc.
Pipelines, Jenkins, AWS infrastructure, jira, confluence
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
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Amazing support structure here you’ll be given a buddy and mentor who are there to support you in you’re personal and professional life. Huge emphasis on supporting early careers placements both in team and from your manager.
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
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
More relaxed than I thought, there’s a huge emphasis on supporting individuals and making sure to look after your physical and mental health. There can be quite a lot of meetings and admin but most of this is covered by those of higher level.
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
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
My placement has been fantastic and I’m so glad I decided to choose Capital One. It has been a far better experience than university. I’ve learnt more here in my first year than I have during academia and met some truly fantastic people.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Capital One
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Capital One to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Capital One
Try to develop something in your spare time since it shows you have a passion for programming. Also be prepared to be social, there are some amazing people here who are definitely worth getting to know.
