Technology Intern Review

Item: Technology Intern at American Express
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at American Express

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Systems Engineering

Brighton

Review Submitted: October 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!

4/5 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Worked with in a Scrum team of five fellow interns to develop an App/Microservice with backend/frontend functionality to be added in production.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, since the project was handed to us, as Interns we had to decide and manage our time in order to successfully develop the functionality required. Of course with the help of company engineers.

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?

Yes, Both developed Java, JavaScript and Python knowledge, as well as learnt how to work in a Scrum team environment.

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?

Had Full support even from the Engineering director answering any low or high level questions I had. Wether that be Code, architecture or environment related.

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 cool culture everyone seemed lay'd back and keen to help, never stressed especially considering a virtual environment.

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?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

Thoroughly enjoyed it, especially seeing as this was a virtual experience, everything seemed very organized with multiple networking/Q&A meetings/Events.