2021 ICG Technology Placement Review
at Citi
Placement (10 Months+)
Information Technology
Belfast
Review Submitted: June 2022
Overall Rating
4.5 /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
4.5/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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.
Daily calls with the team in the morning and weekly calls with the global team to discuss everyone's progress, working on coding issues that have been discovered and trying to find the solutions to them as well.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
yes, I feel that I was given a lot of responsibility within my team, but always had someone available to help me if needed.
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?
Learnt more coding skills
More confident with my coding
SCRUM Master (Skype meetings)
More confident with my coding
SCRUM Master (Skype meetings)
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
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
I recieved a lot of support and guidance, it was tough at the start with people moving houses and covid having a massive impact but none the less the team were very helpful and supportive.
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?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
The company culture is amazing they support all cultures and are always trying to help people and charities. The atmosphere was very friendly when we were in the office, though social distancing was still in affect, it was nice to get in for a bit and see the team face to face.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
3/5
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 enjoyed my placement more than I thought i would, the team was very helpful throughout my placement and I felt that I could speak to them any time I needed help.
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 Citi
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Citi to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Citi
prepare for general questions and questions based off the role you are applying for and take practice in pseudo code and actual code as well, depending on what you find easier to help.
