Zehra Virjee

Gained hands-on experience fixing bugs and developing new features for Pinewood’s DMS website, progressing to complex debugging. Managed projects end-to-end: conducted investigations, estimations, created mockups, aligned with PDM, developed back-end/APIs, wrote SQL, tested with Postman, performed unit testing, and handled front-end tasks.

Collaborated with other teaching assistants to support students in understanding practice exercises, enhancing my teamwork and communication skills. Developed effective teaching strategies to make sessions interactive and engaging for classes of 40+ students, boosting my confidence in managing large groups.

Learned key GitHub operations, including creating branches, committing changes, and managing pull requests with appropriate commit messages. Investigated a case study involving technical issues with Dialer call disconnections, identifying root causes and evaluating the company's current solutions and potential alternatives.

Grade: First-Class Honours

Achieved First-Class Honours with an Excellence Scholarship. Completed modules in Data Structure & Algorithms, Object-Oriented Programming, Full Stack Application Development, and Artificial Intelligence. Maintained a strong academic record throughout the program.

Achieved A-Levels in Computer Science (A*), Maths (A*), and Business (A*). Completed 8 IGCSE's with Distinction, including Maths and English. Demonstrated strong academic proficiency across various subjects.