Technical consultant Review
at IBM
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering, Front-end Development
London
Review Submitted: June 2025
Overall Rating
4.6 /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
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
3/5
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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.
- Lead daily standups for team to give updates on tickets they worked on or have problems with
- Get some logic or styling error bugs on the code base assigned to me as tickets to work on
- Go into the code base to fix this errors on Visual studio code and assign to technical leads for code review
- Carry out merge requests on gitlab and run automated tests
- update package versions for the code base
- Assist with Generative AI on the team by publishing monthly communications
- Get some logic or styling error bugs on the code base assigned to me as tickets to work on
- Go into the code base to fix this errors on Visual studio code and assign to technical leads for code review
- Carry out merge requests on gitlab and run automated tests
- update package versions for the code base
- Assist with Generative AI on the team by publishing monthly communications
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- I was given much responsibility and independence to complete the tasks how I wanted to
- I was allowed to access a lot of the systems to allow me carry out tasks successfully
- I was allowed to access a lot of the systems to allow me carry out tasks successfully
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?
- I have learnt new programming skills in languages which I did not previously know much about: React, Javascript, typescript and react native
- I have learnt to use new technology used in most companies within the tech and consulting industry: Jira, confluence, Visual studio code, Gitlab and Bitbucket
-I have improved my confidence by attending company run hackathons, design thinking sessions, client workshops and performance reviews
-I have developed my ability to be confident and smart in the corporate space
- I have learnt to use new technology used in most companies within the tech and consulting industry: Jira, confluence, Visual studio code, Gitlab and Bitbucket
-I have improved my confidence by attending company run hackathons, design thinking sessions, client workshops and performance reviews
-I have developed my ability to be confident and smart in the corporate space
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 maximum support and guidance with weekly checkups and monthly performance reviews
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?
There was a great and friendly culture that made me feel welcome and included
with people from various parts of the organisation willing to offer help and advice
with people from various parts of the organisation willing to offer help and advice
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
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 my internship
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at IBM
3/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Be yourself and be patient throughout the application process but also communicate what you want so you would be heard and considered
