Software Engineering Internship Review

Item: Software Engineering Internship at Capital One
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at Capital One

Internship (1 Month+)

Software Engineering

Nottingham

Review Submitted: August 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!

4/5 - 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.

A day as a Capital One software intern includes writing Java code, pair programming, a lot of excursions to interesting places. The internship program is essentially work as a software engineer after onboarding.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given a good amount of responsibility in form of a project that had a good amount of internal impact. It was not urgent work but it was really appreciated by the people using it.

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?

Yes I have both learned a lot of new skills and developed existing skills. This includes skills that I thought I was already good at.

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?

A lot of support. I always had many options of people to ask questions. I had many catch ups with various people.

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?

Culture was amazing. Everyone is super chill and I've met many people id hang out with outside of work. There are many celebration events including festivals etc.