Software Development Engineer 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.
Working on the stories picked up during sprint planning and contribute to the respective repositories. After the work is code complete, tested and has been peer reviewed, it will eventually gets released to Production.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, I was given quite a few responsibilities during my placement year. We work on stories which contribute towards team goals. We contribute to the code repositories owned by the teams and push these changes to Production environments. We also take on responsibilities like being the Scrum Master for the sprint. You get a lot of support during the time in the company!
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?
Technologies like Java, typescript, react, cypress, wiremock, etc. Pipelines, AWS Infrastructure, Jenkins, Jira, Scrum, 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?
I was given a lot of support and guidance during my placement. Each placement student is assigned a mentor and a buddy when they join the company to help support us. The managers are also very helpful and look for opportunities to help develop both your technical and soft skills. There is a lot emphasis on supporting placement students develop skills which will help them in the future.
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?
The company has an amazing work culture and the general atmosphere is very positive. Personal development of individuals is very important to the company and they take a lot of measures to ensure everyone has the required support needed.
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?
I enjoyed my placement a lot and it was a wonderful experience! I got the opportunity to work on new technologies and work with some amazing people. I was able to develop my technical and soft skills. I am glad that I decided to choose Capital One to do my placement year!
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 your coding skills as this will help improve your analytical and logical skills and this will helpful when you join the company. Everyone is very social and you will definitely meet some amazing people in the company.
