Category: Global Placement Stories

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ โ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ๐ฌ. ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

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Global Placement Stories | Gunamay Sachdev at Content Guru as an applications engineer

December 5, 2022

Gunamay Sachdev is a current Computer Science student at Kingโ€™s College London. In this entry of Global Placement Stories, Gunamay Sachdev talks about his misconceptions on being a software engineer and what it actually entails. This time last year was vastly different to now. I wasnโ€™t even thinking of doing a year in industry, just… More Global Placement Stories | Gunamay Sachdev at Content Guru as an applications engineer

Alexandru Toma

Global Placement Stories | Alexandru Toma at RazorSecure as a React Developer

November 29, 2022

Alexandru Toma is a current Computer Science student at Kingโ€™s College London. In this entry of Global Placement Stories, Alexandru Toma talks about his time as a React Developer at RazorSecure so far. Why did you want to do a Placement? Many reasons. Quick oversight – getting a degree in whatever domain is a learning… More Global Placement Stories | Alexandru Toma at RazorSecure as a React Developer

Maksymilian Sekula at STFC

Global Placement Stories | Maksymilian Sekula at STFC as a software engineer

November 22, 2022

Maksymilian Sekula is a current Informatics student at Kingโ€™s College London. In this entry of Global Placement Stories, Maksymilian discusses what to consider in finding a placement! This time last year, applying for placement roles was not an easy task, but it taught me a lot about job application processes. Firstly, being early is key.… More Global Placement Stories | Maksymilian Sekula at STFC as a software engineer

Global Placement Stories | Hristina-Andreea Sararu at Sainsbury

Global Placement Stories | Hristina-Andreea Sararu at Sainsbury

November 7, 2022

Hristina Sararu is a current Computer Science student at Kingโ€™s College London. In this entry of Global Placement Stories, Hristina divulges tips she has for the application process!ย  I am working as Data Analyst in my placement at Sainsburyโ€™s and have enjoyed my journey so far. It can be overwhelming working in a big company,… More Global Placement Stories | Hristina-Andreea Sararu at Sainsbury

Global Placement Stories | Victoria Hayes at the Bank of England

May 24, 2022

This post was written by Victoria Hayes who had a placement year with the Bank of England. She describes her experience and gives great advice on why communicating with your manager and team is important.   I completed my placement year at the Bank of England in the Fraud Detection Services department. When I started… More Global Placement Stories | Victoria Hayes at the Bank of England

Global Placement Stories | Karina Nazarova at Morgan Stanley

April 20, 2022

Karina Nazarova is a current Computer Science with Management student who completed her placement year at Morgan Stanley. This post will give you an overview of her onboarding experience. In addition, it will provide you with reasons why it is worth doing a placement year.ย ย  lo Background:ย  My journey with Morgan Stanley started during my… More Global Placement Stories | Karina Nazarova at Morgan Stanley

Global Placement Stories | William O’Brien at Lloyds Banking Group

March 15, 2022

William O’Brien is a Chemistry student who completed their placement at Lloyds Banking Group. Read more to find out his top tips when applying for placements and why you should try to get industry experience. Tips for the application processย  This really became my life. Any spare time around my studies I was on LinkedIn,… More Global Placement Stories | William O’Brien at Lloyds Banking Group

Placement stories: Noe Meillon at Lloyds Banking Group part 2

March 1, 2022

          In this blog, I will walk you through the work I accomplished during the previous months as a Software Engineer IP within Lloyds Banking Group. In the case that you havenโ€™t read my previous blog, Iโ€™ll introduce myself. My name is Noe, I am from France, and I am in… More Placement stories: Noe Meillon at Lloyds Banking Group part 2

How to pass your placement interviews | Advice from Chemistry student Radoslav Petkov part 3

February 9, 2022

Welcome back to the final part of how to pass your placement interviews. The last essential thing that you need to do is to practice as much as you can; this will boost your confidence and show the employer that you mean business! There is an old saying that says practice makes perfect and I… More How to pass your placement interviews | Advice from Chemistry student Radoslav Petkov part 3

How to pass your placement interviews | Advice from Chemistry student Radoslav Petkov part 2

February 8, 2022

Welcome back to how to pass your placement interviews. The second part of this three part series will explore why knowing why you want to do a placement and being confident are important components to have to stand out from other candidates.   Know your why and be confidentย  I think this is a very… More How to pass your placement interviews | Advice from Chemistry student Radoslav Petkov part 2