Software Engineering Review

Item: Software Engineering at NatWest Group
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at NatWest Group

Internship (1 Month+)

Software Engineering

Edinburgh

Review Submitted: August 2024

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.

Working within the team you are placed in, learning, shadowing, and venturing into other business areas.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, I was allowed to work on a code base for a internal project in the bank. I was allowed to shadow the hosting solutions team and look at the code they were writing/developing for their own business area.

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, I have learnt multiple new coding languages, how to navigate Linux & Windows Servers and the puppet language used to maintain servers. I improved my presentation skills by attending a presentation workshops and learnt about green coding, sustainability and efficiency.

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?

I received a lot of support. I had a very caring, supportive manager who had regular 1-1's with me and always checked in with me on teams. I also had a graduate buddy, and everyone else around me was very supportive.