Software Engineering Internship Review

Item: Software Engineering Internship at Capital One
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at Capital One

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Systems Engineering

London

Review Submitted: September 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 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - 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.

Very hands on in terms of building new features and interacting with senior engineers to get advice.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given responsibility to make design decisions regarding my project.

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?

Worked with AWS with no previous experience, improved low-level design skills, opportunities to try test-driven development. Joined the team on agile ceremonies like sprint planning etc.

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?

Unexpectedly high amount of support from the team. Easily arranged meetings with senior engineers to ask about any topic I wanted to learn more about.