Software Engineer Intern Review

Item: Software Engineer Intern at Softwire
Rating: 5
Author: Anonymous

at Softwire

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

London

Review Submitted: August 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 - Overview of Role

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.

Working on a project for one of Softwire's clients. It involves building software as part of a team, working on tasks individually and in pairs.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes, I was given responsibility to add new features to a repository used by many other parts of the team.

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 learnt how to work on software in a team, and got much more familiar with Git. I also learnt a new programming language.

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?

There was a lot of support. I had status chats with my manager every week, as well as weekly chats with a "Softwire mentor" about how things have been going.

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?

It's a really good, laid-back atmosphere. Everyone is very friendly and helpful, and the social aspects are really good too.

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 really enjoyed this internship. The work I was doing felt meaningful since we were contributing to actual client projects, and I felt supported the entire way through. I developed a lot of new skills along the way too. I really enjoyed the many social events as well.