Intern Review
at Capital One
Internship (1 Month+)
Computer Science
Nottingham
Review Submitted: September 2021
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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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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 role was to develop software within the realms of two projects. One was enhancing part of the Capital One app, and the other was working on an API used in hackathons. On a day to day basis, this involved writing code, testing it and attending agile ceremonies.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, myself and two other interns were given a lot of responsibility in handling the project for enhancing part of the app, although there were people above us that set up the foundations of the project. With the other project for the API, the initial pieces of work were organised to be ready to just pick up and code ahead of time, but over time as we became more responsible in leading where it went.
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've definitely developed my programming skills, particularly in regards to needing it to be business standard and explainable to other developers. I've also picked up new skills relating to agile ways of working, learning how to lead relevant meetings. Both of these then fed into developing my communication skills.
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 was offered. It was very easy to get into contact with people to ask for help via slack, an online messaging platform, and there were points of contact we could go to for guidance e.g. mentors, other people in the pre-existing team we were put in and the grads leading the API project if we were unsure of where else to go.
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 overall culture was a really supportive and uplifting one, and it was clear that they valued having interns join their teams.
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?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I really enjoyed my internship, I learnt a lot and really appreciated the supportiveness and general uplifting atmosphere. It definitely introduced me to a lot of new interesting things which I really enjoyed learning about.
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 Capital One
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Capital One to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Capital One
Get ready to get stuck in. They are really good at introducing you to the business and what kind of practises they use, and then you are expected to do your best both in terms of producing results and interacting with people throughout the company. They won't be breathing down your neck if you run into issues on your project, but they will push you to get work done well.
