Developer Analyst Intern Review
at Barclays
Internship (1 Month+)
Information Technology
Glasgow
Review Submitted: July 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.
It is usually, working on data analytics or software development. I am also expected to interact with other employees to discuss what they do in the company to gather a greater understanding of my role and the role of the department.
The work day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm.
The work day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
A lot of responsibility but nothing i couldn't handle.
I was assigned User Interface development, tasked to design the whole user interface from scratch to actual development and work on back-end development a few bits here and there.
I was assigned User Interface development, tasked to design the whole user interface from scratch to actual development and work on back-end development a few bits here and there.
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?
My Python skills have developed further, as well as my usability and user design knowledge.
My interpersonal/ communication skills are improved everyday as this is a very team focused department.
I learned new skills in various development languages.
My interpersonal/ communication skills are improved everyday as this is a very team focused department.
I learned new skills in various development languages.
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?
A lot of guidance as we had multiple senior employees in the team and i could ask them any questions i wanted and consult them on ideas i had. There was nothing which was considered a 'dumb' question and anything could be asked.
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 laid back. Work was expected to be done but no one would constantly demand it to be done quicker/faster. People would not talk badly or aggressively, and were very open to conversation. If you had a problem, people were there to listen and try to fix the issue
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 absolutely loved the internship. It very pleasant and i did recommend it to other people. I learned a lot and hope to be able to come back for a graduate program. I loved the people there and the work done was extremely interesting.
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 Barclays
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Barclays to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Barclays
Don't worry about the office environment. dont worry about the more senio employees and high ups. everyone is super nice and the work is super interesting.
