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Undergraduate Software Product Engineer Review

at JLR

Placement (10 Months+)

Software Engineering

Gaydon

Review Submitted: March 2023

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.
My role on a day-to-day basis is to create good, clean code for bug fixes or new features, each bugfix or new feature must also have tests created for it. On a daily basis, the team have a daily scrum where we share what we will work on in the day and if we have any impediments
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, I was responsible for my own app which I had to look after, responsible for ensuring other peoples work is also good standards and does what it should and for releases
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?
MATLAB · React.js · Next.js · Jira · Bitbucket · Jenkins · JavaScript · Python (Programming Language) · SQL
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?
A lot, the early careers team gave a lot of support and guidance, my team and my manager also provided me with a lot of support and guidance
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?
Non-toxic, a great company and everyone is always friendly
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 enjoy my placed a lot, and will be coming back as a graduate.
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 JLR
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend JLR to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to JLR
To learn about company values and use these as examples
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