Summer Intern Software Engineer Review
at BAE Systems
Internship (1 Month+)
Computer Science
Preston
Review Submitted: November 2022
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
4.5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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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.
- Attending organisation meetings, either every day (standup) or weekly, as required
- Developing application software as part of a larger team
- Working on testing, using automated or manual (fun) ways.
- Developing application software as part of a larger team
- Working on testing, using automated or manual (fun) ways.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Often depends on the team, I was given a bigger role on my own projects but this was only after a few weeks working there. It felt like it depended on the work going around that team and who your manager was.
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?
- Hard skills like C#, Design Patterns, Atlassian suite, PostGres
- Soft skills like organisation, and how to work within an actual software team
- Soft skills like organisation, and how to work within an actual software team
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?
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?
- Weekly meetings with the early careers leader to go over any cohort issues (e.g. safety) and to ask individual questions
- Access to internal learning platforms, including Linkedin Learning
- My manager was very approachable, but again this could change depending how busy they are. I did hear a few horror stories of interns being left out to dry, but often they found another intern or coworker to lean on.
- Access to internal learning platforms, including Linkedin Learning
- My manager was very approachable, but again this could change depending how busy they are. I did hear a few horror stories of interns being left out to dry, but often they found another intern or coworker to lean on.
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?
- Everybody was very chilled out while also trying to get the job done
- Watching some of the things going on the site was pretty cool.
- Our cohort was amazing, everybody got on well and we were going out every Friday, Saturday night. I'm not sure how other cohorts were
- Some teams were 100% remote however, and I felt these people missed out on part of the experience
- Watching some of the things going on the site was pretty cool.
- Our cohort was amazing, everybody got on well and we were going out every Friday, Saturday night. I'm not sure how other cohorts were
- Some teams were 100% remote however, and I felt these people missed out on part of the experience
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?
Once my internship got going, I enjoyed the work I was given and would say overall it was a good experience. However, due to company bureaucracy it took a couple weeks to get there. For such a large company, the experience can be quite variable. Year placement students can change departments every three months if they don't like it.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at BAE Systems
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems
- Do your research, *some* interviewers are good at catching people out if they mention certain products (*cough* tempest) without prior research. It can make your interview super awkward
- Know how to answer competency based questions like the back of your hand. Write out some experiences to refer to during the interview. Your interview is likely to be 99% competency questions.
- Technical questions are typically trivia around the subject you're studying.
- Apply sooner rather than later, the company is hiring like mad currently but I'm not sure how long this could last.
- Know how to answer competency based questions like the back of your hand. Write out some experiences to refer to during the interview. Your interview is likely to be 99% competency questions.
- Technical questions are typically trivia around the subject you're studying.
- Apply sooner rather than later, the company is hiring like mad currently but I'm not sure how long this could last.
