Technical consultant Review
by IBM
Rating
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Skills
5.0
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
4.0
- 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 IBM
- 7. Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Overview
- Lead daily standups for team to give updates on tickets they worked on or have problems with - Get some logic or styling error bugs on the code base assigned to me as tickets to work on - Go into the code base to fix this errors on Visual studio code and assign to technical leads for code review - Carry out merge requests on gitlab and run automated tests - update package versions for the code base - Assist with Generative AI on the team by publishing monthly communications
Skills
- I have learnt new programming skills in languages which I did not previously know much about: React, Javascript, typescript and react native - I have learnt to use new technology used in most companies within the tech and consulting industry: Jira, confluence, Visual studio code, Gitlab and Bitbucket -I have improved my confidence by attending company run hackathons, design thinking sessions, client workshops and performance reviews -I have developed my ability to be confident and smart in the corporate space
Responsibilities
- I was given much responsibility and independence to complete the tasks how I wanted to - I was allowed to access a lot of the systems to allow me carry out tasks successfully
Support & Guidance
-I received maximum support and guidance with weekly checkups and monthly performance reviews
Culture
There was a great and friendly culture that made me feel welcome and included with people from various parts of the organisation willing to offer help and advice
Your Impressions
I enjoyed my internship
Yes
Be yourself and be patient throughout the application process but also communicate what you want so you would be heard and considered
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering, Front-end Development
London
June 2025
