Software Engineering Intern Review

Item: Software Engineering Intern at Bloomberg
Rating: 4.7
Author: Anonymous

at Bloomberg

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Systems Engineering

London

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

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

I work as a software engineer creating new features and also dealing with requests for current bugs/issues. I have meetings under the Agile framework with my team. I communicate with other engineers and ask for help in the wider engineering community.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes. I was given full ownership of a project that the team wants to use in production. I was able to ask my team for help quite often, but I also needed to ask people outside of my team, and also undertake my own research online to solve problems.

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. I have learnt a lot about designing large scale systems and how to use a range of technologies such as Docker, PostgreSQL, WSL

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?

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?

I had a designated mentor who was available for me to direct questions to, however I felt able to ask questions to all of my team, including my team lead. I had fortnightly meetings with my team lead to discuss my progress and feelings about the internship. I was also able to benefit from the experience of the entire company by asking questions to other teams and experts.

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?

I always felt like I could ask questions to anyone, and everyone was very happy to help me. Everyone I talked to (in- and out- side of my team) were very friendly, and I hope to keep in touch with a lot of people I have met.

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?

4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I enjoyed it a lot - it was very different to what I had studied at university, so the learning curve was quite steep, but I was well supported and have improved massively. The friendly culture of the company also made me feel welcomed. We had some really nice intern events as well which were a lot of fun.