Software Engineer Placement Review
at Holiday Extras
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering
Kent
Review Submitted: July 2024
Overall Rating
4.9 /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
5/5
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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.
Work on squad specific work.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I worked on a whole redesign of a website.
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, JavaSricpt, Nodejs, TypeScript. More importantly working on building scalable solutions.
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?
4/5
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?
Senior engineers gave alot of supports.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
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?
Great!! Office is really nice is a campus. Location is abit not accessible if you do not have a car.
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?
Great placement.
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 Holiday Extras
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Holiday Extras to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Holiday Extras
Make sure you show your passion for Software engineering, you can look into their company github to see what tools there are using. Some of the software is open source.
