Product Engineering - Software Undergraduate Review

Item: Product Engineering - Software Undergraduate at JLR
Rating: 4.1
Author: Anonymous

at JLR

Placement (10 Months+)

Software Engineering

Gaydon

Review Submitted: April 2023

Overall Rating

4.1 /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!

3/5 - Overview of Role

3.8/5 - Skills Development

4/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - 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.

Attending Stand-ups and any other Agile based meetings (Backlog refinement, Sprint Planning, Sprint retrospective). Working on side projects (I generally worked on my own stuff as I am interested in software development but majority of my team are testers or systems engineers.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was free to choose what I wanted to work on. If this work wasn't done or was too difficult, it wasn't a huge issue so the responsibility was low but I wanted to work on these projects as they were where my interest was more involved in - software development. I could have taken more responsibility in other areas but they were not where my interest lies.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

3/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

API's - RESTful
Working in an Agile team
Kotlin programming
Javascript programming
Android Studio
Java Programming
Authentication Methods
Asymmetric encryption
mTLS

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

3/5

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?

4/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

I had a buddy and manager and a very friendly team. If I needed anything I felt comfortable to ask them. A lot of people can be busy though so I have been ignored a few times.

How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

4/5

How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

I worked mostly remote so it is hard to tell but from what I feel is that it is a nice place to work and everyone is welcoming and friendly. It is a very open minded and helpful company.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

4/5

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 have enjoyed doing the work and increasing my skills which is what I ultimately wanted to achieve from this.

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 JLR

5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend JLR to a friend?

Yes

What advice would you give to others applying to JLR

Do your research about the company and make sure you really show how much you want to work there at your interview. Be open minded and eager to learn.

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