Software Development Engineer Intern Review
at Expedia Group
Placement (10 Months+)
Computer Science
London
Review Submitted: June 2022
Overall Rating
5 /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
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
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.
Working on developing new features as part of a team of software engineers
Weekly support rotations to provide customer technical support
Fixing bugs and working on LODO items
Meetings with team
Incident management
Weekly support rotations to provide customer technical support
Fixing bugs and working on LODO items
Meetings with team
Incident management
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, I was treated like any team member except I was able to receive additional support to make sure everything was going smoothly.
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?
Learn new technologies - Reactjs, Typescript, AWS etc...
Team work and collaboration skills
System reliability engineering skills
Team work and collaboration skills
System reliability engineering skills
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?
I had a buddy/mentor who helped me so much through the learning curve. I received bi-weekly meetings with my manager to make sure everything was okay. We also received regular emails from the early careers 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?
Optimistic, lovely culture. Even in the office, everyone smiles at you and is so friendly! People are happy to help and collaborate when you have an issue and teach you new things! The company very obviously cares about its people and its customers.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
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?
I enjoyed it so much I can't wait to come back.
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 Expedia Group
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Expedia Group to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Expedia Group
Be yourself, and truly focus on your strengths. Ask questions and don't be afraid to be wrong. Being wrong is okay, but make sure you show initiative and that you are keen to learn.
