Undergraduate Software Engineer Review
by JLR
Rating
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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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 JLR
- 7. Would you recommend JLR to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to JLR
Overview
As a undergraduate software engineer, you have the chance to develop real software which will go in the cars. An average day starts with a standup meeting with the team followed by independently working on your ticket or pairing up with a senior developer to work through problems together. Some teams are much more flexible, and you are more free to take on the tasks you really want to work on.
Skills
I have learnt a wide range of skills from technical skills such as writing clean code, version control, writing innovative and cutting edge software. As well as soft skills, still very much needed in software engineering, such as teamwork, planning, time management and people skills as communication goes a long way when developing software
Responsibilities
You take responsibility for as much work as you decide to take on, if you want to make the most out of your placement then you have to be proactive and ask for more challenging work.
Support & Guidance
When joining a team, you first start off with shadowing and learning off a more senior developer to get your head around the codebase and the project as a whole, however within a couple of weeks you may be given your own task to work on, pairing up with another developer. As you settle in, you are given independent tasks to work on but the team will always be there in case you get stuck.
Culture
The company culture definitely prioritises flexibility and work-life balance, especially in the Manchester office. Although the office isnt massive, going into the office is always great as theres always friendly faces around and quite often small events during lunch which you can get involved in. Many people choose to come into the office 1-2 times a week but it is not mandatory.
Your Impressions
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement as I was able to explore a number of different teams throughout my time here. Everyone i met was always supportive and i made some good friends. Would 100% recommend doing your placement year here!
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Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering
North West
June 2025
