Software Engineering Intern Review

Item: Software Engineering Intern at Centrica
Rating: 4.8
Author: Anonymous

at Centrica

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

Windsor

Review Submitted: August 2024

Overall Rating

4.8 /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!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - 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.

Worked as a front-end developer on British Gas Digital Apps, mostly remote - 9am to 5pm. Tasks included testing, documentation, working on features and learning about new software engineering tools.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given a good amount of responsibilities during my time at Centrica and was able to gain more responsibilities whenever I asked

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

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

Testing, communication, Scrum, JavaScript

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?

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 was given support throughout my time from my team. There were feedback sessions and 1-1 meetings whenever I needed to go through a certain topic or was confused about something.

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?

The company culture was great, they helped develop my soft skills and had many events to socialise and improve certain skills.

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?

I enjoyed the internship thoroughly, there were many opportunities to grow and the team did really support me throughout my time here to ensure I got the most out of the internship.