Software Developer Intern Review

Item: Software Developer Intern at IBM
Rating: 3.9
Author: Anonymous

at IBM

Placement (10 Months+)

Software Engineering

Hursley

Review Submitted: May 2023

Overall Rating

3.9 /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

5/5 - Support and Guidance

3.5/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

3/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Software Engineering using Ansible, Jenkins, Python and a variety of Linux machines.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given the responsibility to work on github issues to with instruction from the team, as well as work on the full lifecycle of additions to out infrastructure where i was able to make independent decisions.

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?

Linux, Jenkins, Ansible

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?

4/5

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

3/5

Support and Guidance

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

LOTS! All of the team were really helpful in onboarding us and had sessions to bring out knowledge up the the required level. They were also available throughout the placement and went above and beyond to help me learn more and more.

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?

Company culture was relaxing and not stressful at all. whilst the working environment was aging and could do with a refurb, the people is what makes hursley the best is can be, everyone i encountered was very friendly, welcoming, and willing to help.