Software Engineer Review

by Barclays

Rating

7.9/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

    • My role is to progress problem records that are created from live fails through the mainframe batch. Requires me to have a good level of understanding of the overall team and its jobs that run.

    8/10
  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

    • I have learnt many programming languages, learnt about IMS, DB2, and Mainframe system.

    8/10
  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

    • I really enjoy the apprenticeship, though I feel a lot of the University side of things are not well managed by the HR department.

    6/10
  • 4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

    • The structure of the programme is simple, 4 years at university where I must get a 2:1 degree to complete the apprenticeship.

    8/10
  • 5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

    • I get a lot of support from my team for work based issues, though regarding the University issues it can be difficult for issue to be sorted fast.

    7/10
  • 6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

    • University provide a lot of support for all university based issues as well as providing specific tutors for issues

    9/10
  • 7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

    • My university work and training provides no help to my day to day work, nor have I used any of the skills have I developed at uni at work.

    8/10
  • 8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

    • There are many citizenship events at university that I can take part in that are available throughout all the year

    9/10
  • 9a. Would you recommend Barclays to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 9b. Why?

    • The experience and pay is extremely good for young people

  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Barclays?

    • Be yourself and don't try to be the person they are expecting as it will not work out when they see that you are not how you first came accross

Details

Degree Apprenticeship

Information Technology

Knutsford

June 2020

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