DI Technology Intern Review
at The Walt Disney Company
Placement (10 Months+)
Information Technology
Hammersmith
Review Submitted: May 2021
Overall Rating
4.6 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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 with multiple teams in the software engineering department, including lots of programming, self driven learning, communicating with other departments that get affected by our work such as QA.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given a good amount of responsibility, being given full reign over whole code repos to improve, edit and add new features to. Eventually I was able to take part in business critical work with time limits, but if I struggled there was always support. Also, I took part in an intern fundraising programme so I was able to take control over a whole fundraising campaign with a team of other interns.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I have developed my programming skills (Python mostly), lots of general technical skills and useful skills for working in programming such as using GitLab and AWS. I also increased my soft skills including my ability to communicate effectively and how to work well remotely.
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?
4/5
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?
At first it seemed like I was not getting loads of guidance but eventually I realised it was because I wasn't asking for any extra help so they assumed I was doing well. In the end, I was doing very well and got all the work done and started asking for more help when I felt a bit confused - the help and support was always given when asked for.
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 atmosphere was very happy, caring and safe. There are people from all around the world and everyone is very accepting. The culture is definitely something all interns would feel super happy and excited about. Even going up to higher up management they were extremely open and supportive to everyone.
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 am very grateful to have had the opportunity to work for Disney and I had a good experience working there. The variety of tasks and work was vast so it was always an interesting day. The only thing that would make it better was if I could have worked in the offices, as I had to work remotely through the year of 2020/21. I visited the offices twice and enjoyed it very much.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at The Walt Disney Company
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend The Walt Disney Company to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to The Walt Disney Company
The company culture is very relaxed and supportive so just be yourself at any interviews, be positive and talkative and really try to sell yourself. Also don't have set expectations of how it will be as anything can happen, but either way it'll be an enjoyable employment with the ability to make many many friends.
