Technical Consultant - Developer Review
at IBM
Placement (10 Months+)
Computer Science, Software Engineering
London
Review Submitted: August 2023
Overall Rating
4.6 /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
4.5/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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.
Daily stand up meeting, coding work, refinement of incoming work (to break down large problems and understand issues more clearly) and client calls to showcase work done
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Lots of responsibility given to me as the things I have made have ended up on a client's public website (which was cool to see). You are treated fairly like your colleagues (who aren't placement students)
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?
Picked up new coding languages
Worked in an agile delivery company
Worked in an agile delivery company
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?
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
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Guidance and support was available when you ask, but sometimes it would take a while to get a response based on how busy a person is
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
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?
Amazing, there are alot of social events put on and people at IBM are very friendly. They are all easily approachable and its easy to find a common ground with people
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?
3/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
It was amazing, would do it again if I could
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 IBM
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Try to get a portfolio of some sort to showcase your technical skills when applying for a dev role (like github). Speak about your soft skills too, rather than only just your technical hard skills
