Undergraduate Software Engineer Review
by MBDA
Rating
-
Skills
4.5
-
Responsibilities
4.0
-
Support & Guidance
5.0
-
Culture
4.0
-
Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at MBDA
- 7. Would you recommend MBDA to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to MBDA
Overview
Typically I'd either be working on required pieces of software for my project or creating documentation regarding the software in which I'd been working on. Aside from this, I'd attend daily meetings to report my progress on objectives.
Skills
I've learnt and developed plenty of skills during my time at MBDA including but not limited to professional coding practices in both Python and C/C++, communication skills, team working skills and documentation skills. These will all be incredibly useful going forward in my professional career and I greatly appreciate the opportunity in which MBDA offered me in order to develop all of them.
Responsibilities
I was given a great deal of responsiblity throughout my placement and wasn't constantly monitored throughout the placement, and was instead trusted to progress through my work individually, asking for help as and when I needed it.
Support & Guidance
I received a bit of help here and there, but not a massive amount during my time at the company. This was offered to more permanent roles within the company which was completely understandable due to the cost that is involved in providing training for the role.
Culture
The company culture at MBDA was great and very focussed on socialising members of the company with one another, giving me the opportunity to create a great network of friends within the company that I've continued to communicate with even after my placement.
Your Impressions
I really enjoyed my placement and hope to be able to return in the future. I'm really greatful for the opportunity in which MBDA gave me and I'll always be thankful for it.
Yes
Make sure you show that you have passion for what you want to do within the company and ensure that you have an interest in the field in which MBDA works within.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering
South East
July 2024
