SWE Intern
Department: RDS IT Team
My experience
Overview
I worked on developing a feature in python that accepts pdf files as input and convert them into xml files before extracting certain features from the text using RegEx. This would in turn be used to predict using ML where certain features of pdf files are located - such as the protocol number of the file.
My manager was very friendly and understanding of project deadlines.
Pros
Environment was overall friendly, internship was completely remote but I was able to meet with other interns once for an office building tour. Intern program is padded by weekly virtual coffee chats and intern zoom game sessions that help build connections betwen co-interns.
Cons
Pay is pretty low for a software engineering internship. Additionally, the majority of my team besides my manager was located in India which is 10 hours ahead of US Eastern Time. Made it very difficult to meet during the weekdays, and it was usually only possibly to meet between 8-10am. This made communication and progress reports feel very laggy and a lot of time was spent waiting for people to respond/approve of things.
Impact of work
Time spent working
How did working remote affect your experience?
A lot of time was spent not working due to the lax environment of being virtual - MY manager did not care whether I spent all 8 hours every day online.
Interview advice
How did you find the job / apply?
Interview Rounds
Interview type
Interview questions
Behavioral questions were all pretty standard. Ex: How do you work in a team environment, conflict resolution, handling setbacks. During the technical interview I was asked to create a function that accepts a binary string and convert it to decimal (Convert 1001 to 9).
Advice on how to prepare
Know the projects on your resume in-depth enough to talk about them for 5-10 minutes and explain any technical concepts/tools you used in them. I was asked extensively on 2-3 of previous projects.
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