Placement Software Engineer Review

Item: Placement Software Engineer at Visa
Rating: 4.7
Author: Anonymous

at Visa

Placement (10 Months+)

Computer Systems Engineering

Belfast

Review Submitted: November 2021

Overall Rating

4.7 /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

4.3/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - 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.

Day to day work involves working ona range of applications under the ownership of the NI office. Worked with technologies including Java, Kubernetes, Ruby, Docker and Jenkins.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, worked in the regular team at the company taking on work that would/could be picked up by anyone in the team at any skill level. Treated like any other engineer.

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?

Obtained Java OCA qualification paid for by the company. Greatly enhanced technical skills in Java, Kubernetes, Ruby, Docker and Jenkins. Also learned to use industry standard software including Jira and Git.

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

4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

Lots of support provided with both mentors and buddies as well as regular check ins with manager and ongoing wellbeing discussions within the company.

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?

Everyone is very friendly and supportive. Everyone I contacted was always enthusiastic about helping and would take an active interest in helping you.