Software Engineer Intern Review

Item: Software Engineer Intern at Bloomberg
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at Bloomberg

Internship (1 Month+)

Information Technology, Computer Systems Engineering

London

Review Submitted: September 2021

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 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - 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 work on a programming project. This involved mainly Python programming and team meetings (daily standups, weekly sprint plans) and daily catchups with my mentor.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I had an independent project to work on (with guidance and supervision of my mentor and manager), so there is a fair amount of responsibility.
There is also an expectation of sharing your updates on a daily basis with the team, so some daily progress is expected.

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?

Learnt financial knowledge, specifically in FX trading
Improved Python programming skills
Learnt and improved C++ programming skills

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?

5/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

4/5

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/guidance from my two mentors and manager, and other software engineers from other teams too,

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?

Very open, collaborative work culture, with many events and activities which are free to attend. Easy to network and meet other engineers in the company.