Software Engineer Review

On my current project, my role is as project management support, however I do also support a lot of the test preparation. I co-ordinate the weekly status reports which is sent off to the client, I'm the JIRA expert and point of contact on the team, which is the tool we use to track deliverables. As well as helping with test preparation, creating and loading test cases within scenarios.

Yes, daily I am developing my softer skill set, such as communicating and team management. Communicating clearly is a key part of my role, as we have different teams globally and I support the communication between them. I have also taken a scrum master course, which will also help to improve my team management skills.

I really enjoy the programme I am on! I feel as if I am gaining a lot of valuable knowledge day to day, there are always lots of opportunities which I can take part in. As well as there are always a lot of social events that our held throughout the year for our intake.

There has been a clear structure from the start, three years in university on Mondays, the rest of the working week we are put on a project. After the three years are finished and we have graduated, we may be offered a full time job at Accenture based on performance. Sometimes the university can lack in organisation, however this is slowly improving.

We have many different support point of contacts and mentors. They are the following: - career counselor; main contact for our career journey. They can assist with targets, priorities and review progress. They also represent us in promotion discussions. - buddy; our initial mentor, help with admin stuff, guide us through our first few weeks and also help introduce us to key contacts. - line manager; This is our direct contact for project related queries. They will also provide work on a day today basis

Our training provider, university of east london, are supportive of us doing well in our qualifications. We are often in contact with our programme leader, he gives us updates and tries to make our journey easy/ clear. Our lecturers are mostly helpful and willing to help us with any questions.

Yes in the aspect that it has taught me about the software development life cycle, which I can clearly see reflects in the stages of the real life projects that I have been put on. But for other specific modules, like SQL its not really relevant to the current work I am doing.

Yes there are many social events held weekly! We have quarterly technology analyst group events, as well as events just specifically to apprentices, and then the wider technology summer/ winter events. There are loads of sports and hobby teams that you can join, such as the netball team or book club.

Yes

I have really enjoyed my experience so far at Accenture. I have gained valuable experience that I would not of got if I was to just go to university. I feel as if Accenture is really caring about its people and that they are definitely put as first priority, trying to continually invest in us.

Make sure that you have a genuine interest in technology, research about case studys that Accenture have worked on before your interview. Even if you have no experience in coding or information technology that is fine as long as you show a keen interest. Attend as many events as possible, grow your network as much as possible. Always ask for feedback.