Software Developer Review
at Barclays
Internship (1 Month+)
Computer Science
Glasgow
Review Submitted: August 2023
Overall Rating
4.7 /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
4.8/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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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.
Worked as part of a group, consisting of 3 interns to develop an application that will be used in a wide variety of ways by a development team after we leave.
Daily:
Stand up call
Code development
Meetings
Research
Discussing potential solutions
Debugging
Daily:
Stand up call
Code development
Meetings
Research
Discussing potential solutions
Debugging
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, we were given guidance but were prompted to self-learn as much as possible as to simulate the real software working environment as closely as possible.
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?
Yes, learned a lot over the internship.
Technologies worked with:
AWS
Lambdas
Python
React js
RDS
Cloud Computing
Technologies worked with:
AWS
Lambdas
Python
React js
RDS
Cloud Computing
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?
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?
Received support from line managers where required.
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?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Company culture was excellent, big push for a health-working environment and Barclays is easily the most diverse company that I have ever worked for
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
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?
Thoroughly enjoyed the internship, learned a lot working alongside other interns and joining in with wider team stand-up sessions.
Would definitely work for barclays in the future.
Would definitely work for barclays in the future.
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 Barclays
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Barclays to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Barclays
Networking is crucial in Barclays. Speaking to many directors and managing directors should be that so many job roles are filled through a strong working relationship and a good repuation.
Barclays core values and goals play a big part in the interview process, make sure you are aware and revise what these are
Barclays core values and goals play a big part in the interview process, make sure you are aware and revise what these are
