Software Engineer Review
at Lloyds Banking Group
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering
Leeds
Review Submitted: June 2025
Overall Rating
4.5 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.3/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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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.
My day typically will follow me either having or picking up a work ticket in which will need to be completed in order for our team to work towards our feature being complete. Daily sync calls, and working in a Kanban style of working. Additionally, there is the usual stuff, documenting, researching and reviewing PR's
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, honestly at the start it kind of felt like what I expected for a placement. Not being involved in much and having little to do here and there. However, once I started progressing and getting more experience, I have basically just become a proper member of the team and feel like I make an impact in a lot of the teams outcomes with things we are working on.
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?
While I have been here we have focused a lot of test automation using playwright, so I have learned how to properly automate and write tests. This has also involved learning how to mock API's that we are using in production, in order for us to utilise them for our testing.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Throughout my entire time on this placement I had quarterly check-ins, with my wellbeing and line manager. Moreover, from the first day I started here I was assigned a mentor within the team and always would be checked in on and it fealt like I could always go to them for support.
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?
Yes, I would say so. Everyone was super nice and Lloyds has there LBG Values that they always try to encourage their employees to follow and upkeep.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
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 loved it. I'm really going to miss working here and within my team once my time is up with my 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 Lloyds Banking Group
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Lloyds Banking Group to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Lloyds Banking Group
In terms of the placement, from my experience they are looking more for people willing to learn, grow and someone who is outgoing, rather than someone who already has loads of technical knowledge.
