Software Engineer Review
at Oracle
Placement (10 Months+)
Computer Systems Engineering
Reading
Review Submitted: May 2022
Overall Rating
3.9 /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
4.3/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.5/5
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Company Culture
3.5/5
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Overall Experience
2/5
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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.
Working with a team of developers, we complete tasks in the sprint. I will choose a task and begin work on it - I will either implement a new feature or fix any issues that may come up. When the task is complete I will create a merge request and have the code reviewed.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, I was given as much responsibility as any other member in the team. I was working on the same project with them and wasn't given any 'side' projects to work on
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 have massively improved my programming abilities and learnt a wide range of industry standard technologies and frameworks.
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?
4/5
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?
I had a mentor within my team who was my 'go-to' person when I had an issue. They would always be happy to help and would explain the issue from the fundamentals which really helped me to learn.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
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 company itself was friendly and nice. However the company is an older company and that does show within the full time employees and the way things within the company work.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
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 enjoyed the internship and the role quite a lot. I learnt a lot about the industry which is what I wanted to get out of this year
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Oracle
2/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Oracle to a friend?
No
What advice would you give to others applying to Oracle
Be prepared for a lot of red tape. Getting things done within the company can take a lot of time due to the all the steps that have to be achieved first.
