6 month SWE placement Review

Item: 6 month SWE placement at Bloomberg
Rating: 4.3
Author: Anonymous

at Bloomberg

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Systems Engineering

London

Review Submitted: August 2023

Overall Rating

4.3 /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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

4.3/5 - Skills Development

4/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Completing a project set out by the team working closely with a mentor; meetings required to understand scope of work and engineering code as deliverables.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

This varies a lot by team but you can always ask for more responsibility and sometime may receive more! Although, be careful not to overpromise.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

3/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Yes, technical skills such as Python but also soft skills ensuring I can get work done in a big company.

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?

4/5

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

4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

Plentiful! This has been the consensus amongst most interns, mentors here are great!

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?

Great culture of constantly trying to improve and achieve ambitions from a very data-driven perspective.

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?

It's one of the better places to intern for sure as everyone is very welcoming and open to what your ambitions are. Although with big companies, there are a lot of busy people so expect lead time in achieving anything.