Software Engineer Intern Review
at Bloomberg
Internship (1 Month+)
Computer Science
London
Review Submitted: September 2022
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
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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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.
Working on a dedicated summer intern project. The internship involved 10 days of training where you learn about Bloomberg technologies and infrastructure. You then join your team and work on your project
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, interns get a lot of ownership and often work on projects that get released to production later.
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 learnt many new skills. In my case, I learnt how to use Dask, Spark and other distributed data processing libraries.
I have also learnt more about agile development and finance in general
I have also learnt more about agile development and finance in general
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?
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?
The support and guidance was great. As an intern you are assigned a mentor with whom you have daily/weekly catch-ups. You can also talk to other team members at any time. Everyone is very supportive and open to help
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?
The company culture at Bloomberg was surprisingly good. You have very good working hours (in my case from 10 to 6) and there is not a lot of unnecessary pressure. You obviously work on very complex projects but everyone is very supportive and wants you to succeed
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?
The internship was great. We had many fun events outside of work during the whole summer and had many different networking events at the work place as well. Bloomberg has a very inclusive work culture and it is very easy to fit in
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 Bloomberg
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Bloomberg to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Bloomberg
Make sure you research what Bloomberg does and why you want to join them before applying. Also grind Leetcode and System Design and don't forget to have fun while learning :)
