Software Engineering Summer Intern Review
at J.P. Morgan
Internship (1 Month+)
Computer Science
Glasgow
Review Submitted: October 2021
Overall Rating
4.8 /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
4.8/5
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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.
On a typical day working remotely on this internship:
- I joined the stand-up at 9am to hear about my team's work and update them on mine.
- I met with my supervisor(s) and spoke to them more in depth about any issues I was facing
- I did a lot of practical software development!
- I attended events (workshops, interviews, mentoring meetings) run for interns throughout
- I joined the stand-up at 9am to hear about my team's work and update them on mine.
- I met with my supervisor(s) and spoke to them more in depth about any issues I was facing
- I did a lot of practical software development!
- I attended events (workshops, interviews, mentoring meetings) run for interns throughout
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given a lot of opportunities to work practically on the real software. One of the highlights of my time there was adding functionality to the application that my team started using straight away. However, I was working just on the development branch - not the production application - which meant I didn't have to worry too much about strict deadlines or making mistakes.
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?
I was able to up-level my Java development skills, and learned a lot about Spring, Spring Boot, Maven, Kubernetes and Cloud Deployment in general. I was also able to use version control at a higher level than before. There were many excellent learning resources made available to me.
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?
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?
I had a lot of support! My team were fantastic, I had my supervisor and my manager keeping in regular contact with me. I also had a mentor from within the Software Engineering graduate scheme, and another executive mentor who was a manager from a different team.
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 atmosphere was very positive and inspiring - it felt like a great place to learn and push yourself. Everyone I met seemed to love what they did. There were a lot of company-wide workshops, and events like the Hackathon. There were also lots of groups you could join to meet people.
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 working at this internship. I felt that I learned more in the 9 weeks than my previous 3 years at uni! My team were very welcoming, and I even got a chance to meet them face-to-face at a team lunch. I'm very excited to return again to this internship program next year.
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 J.P. Morgan
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend J.P. Morgan to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to J.P. Morgan
Apply as early as you can - the process is quite long so it is better to not delay it. For the HireVue coding interview, if you know you didn't quite get the answer, explain why in the video segment after it. The assessment centre can feel quite intense - make sure you can explain software concepts clearly. But it's better to say you don't know something than trying to make it up!
