Software Engineer Intern Review

Item: Software Engineer Intern at J.P. Morgan
Rating: 4.7
Author: Anonymous

at J.P. Morgan

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Systems Engineering

Canary Wharf

Review Submitted: September 2022

Overall Rating

4.7 /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

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - 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.

Daily Scrum calls, understanding data sourcing on existing platform, relevant financial terms and instruments and researching for data sourcing using the new platform

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes I was given research tasks that would be useful for the team later this year , I was given ownership of my tasks

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?

Yes, git development, learnt a new language - Perl, learnt to write unit tests, improved my skills at creating documentation and became more confident in my abilities.

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 was given guidance both by buddies/mentors and also by people in the wider team who were not direct stakeholders but had been interns once, I also received guidance from Managing Directors/Executive Directors who took time of their schedule and gave great advice. I also had teammates who helped me find the right material and sources which saved me a lot of time and helped me do the job well

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

4/5

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?

I enjoyed the working environment and paying-it-forward culture of my office, people were ready to help each other and grow together as an organisation instead of competitiveness

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?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I enjoyed the work and learning opportunity, there was never a day when I woke up and didn't want to go in to work, it was very gratifying every day and I enjoyed the networking opportunities as well