Technical Test Engineer Review
at Atos
Placement (10 Months+)
Information Technology
Wolverhampton
Review Submitted: July 2023
Overall Rating
3.1 /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!
2/5
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Overview of Role
3.5/5
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Skills Development
3.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3/5
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Company Culture
3/5
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Overall Experience
2/5
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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.
Technical Test Engineer - Testing the front end of client websites & apps.
Writing test scripts for each feature of the website, reviewing test scripts, executing and raising identified bugs. The general layout and formatting of the website is also verified and as well as checking the formatting of meta information is correct such as dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy.
Writing test scripts for each feature of the website, reviewing test scripts, executing and raising identified bugs. The general layout and formatting of the website is also verified and as well as checking the formatting of meta information is correct such as dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
A notable level of responsibility was given for this placement as certain testing was carried out on certain devices and you could be assigned to be fully responsible for ensuring the website functioned on a certain device.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
2/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Several new skills were learnt, related to the testing practise including: the software testing life cycle, agile and Scrum project management, Devops. Software skills were also developed in Java, testing software such as Mavern & Jenkins and management software such as Jira.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
3/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
A great deal of guidance was provided during the placement with frequent tutorials and written documentation for established processes and how to use certain tools. Queries to managers were answered quickly.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
3/5
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?
Due to the scale of the company and the work-from-home nature of my placement, there was less opportunity to engage in the company culture unless you lived nearby a company office.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
2/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
The training phases of the placement were significantly useful for the development of soft and technical skills while the work schedule allowed for the development of workplace skills.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Atos
2/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Atos to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Atos
Initial applications involve both online logic tests and interviews. Some practise of online logic tests would be useful and a base knowledge of the job field would benefit the questions raised in the interview.
