Technical Placement Student Review

Item: Technical Placement Student at CGI
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at CGI

Placement (10 Months+)

Software Engineering

Reading

Review Submitted: September 2025

Overall Rating

4.9 /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 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - 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.

I created C# and powerfully tools to be used within the project to speed up delivery

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was also responsible for the security elements of the tools I was creating which shows I was given alot of responsibility

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 majorly improved my people and communication skills along with gaining a better understanding of agile programming life cycles in a professional environment

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?

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 received constant support with many from my project ready to help or advise me whenever I needed it

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?

CGI has a good company culture that prioritieses a good work life balance they have several social events going on all the time at all of the offices and their early careers scheme meant I got a chance to meet people in a similar position to myself outside of my project

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

4/5

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 my placement alot and have learnt lots which I will take forward to my final year at university

Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

5/5

Please rate how your experience met your expectations

5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend CGI to a friend?

Yes

What advice would you give to others applying to CGI

Make sure you have all of your skills showing even if they mohht seem insignificant at first as you never know what they might be looking for for specific projects