Summer Engineering Intern Review

Item: Summer Engineering Intern at Bloomberg
Rating: 4.5
Author: Anonymous

at Bloomberg

Internship (1 Month+)

Engineering, Computer Science

City of London

Review Submitted: August 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!

4/5 - Overview of Role

3.5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - 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.

It was a fairly standard software engineering intern role. My team would have a few scrum meetings a day on top of architectural or design meetings. I would have a few intern events or team events a week that were really fun. Otherwise, I would be coding and working on my project.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I have interned here a few times and even the first internship had a surprising amount of responsibility and now I designed my own project and implemented it which was really cool.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Yes, software engineering is one of those fields where you're always learning. I learned a good deal of proprietary and open-source software stacks and really got to learn a lot about the field fro my team and mentors.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

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?

3/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

3/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

The mentors and D&I connectors as well as the recruiters were always reaching out and answering questions I had as well as just being proactive.

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?

Bloomberg is one of those places that felt very welcoming to me. They put a lot of emphasis on D&I and it's a pervasive part of workplace culture alongside teamwork and cooperation which has been fantastic as a new person.

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 have loved all my of my internships here and I have loved the willingness the company has to change what maybe worked or didn't work in order to make sure everyone had the best experience possible.