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Capital One

Software developer Review

at Capital One

Internship (1 Month+)

Computer Science

London

Review Submitted: September 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.
Reading through code tying to understand what it does and creating flow charts and other diagrams to aid with understanding. Using the debugging tool to understand the flow of each function and relations between functions
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes during the internship I was responsible for creating documentation to productionise an entire tool for all of the other teams to use
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?
Increased my skills using languages such as react, typescript, JavaScript and communication.
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 an abundance of support when ever you needed some. All you had to do was ask and everyone was willing.
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 culture was great and everyone was incredibly helpful
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?
It was so fun, the people are what made it the most enjoyable, there were a lot of social gatherings to bring everyone closer together and I learned so much
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 Capital One
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Capital One to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Capital One
Just be confident in your communication. I didn’t do so well in my coding exam but being able to communicate well I think is what helped me get in.
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