Assurance Summer Intern Review
by PwC
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
4.0
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The Company
4.1
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The Culture
4.5
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement 西瓜视频s/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
I thouroughly enjoyed my internship - a lot of varied experience within the firm and met a lot of very interesting and inspiring people.
I felt extremely valued by my colleagues - and they expressed this in my feedback. Despite my lack of experience and qualifications they trusted me in tasks that graduates would have to complete.
I was given a lot of support by my people manager and on all jobs the team are always happy to answer any questions and coach you through all allocated tasks,
This varied greatly depending on the client - some days I would constantly have work to do but never felt overwhelmed whereas some days due to slow responces from the clients I had less to do. But luckily due to the friendliness of the team I was never bored during the calmer work periods.
I was given a reasonable amount of responsibility in the sense that some tasks were allocated solely to me- however everything I completed was then reviewed by people more senior so it was never overwhelming.
I study physics and maths so my degree won't necessarily have benefitted, but I feel my interpersonal and organisational skills have improved fastly.
The Company
Really buzzy and friendly - due to hot-desking system noone has set seats so its a very sociable environment and there are very few cliques present or a hierarchical atmosphere.
Training weekend was extremely well organised and throughout the internship everyone is kept regurlarly uptodate with their jobs through an online portal.
The firm invests a lot in their interns and graduates, the training weekend away and constant coaching is a demonstration of this.
Very appealing - I would love the opportunity to work here after my studies.
The Culture
Yes - we had a FB group and socials were organised regurlarly amongst us. Especially at the London offices - unfortunately I missed out on a lot of office based socialising as I was always at a client site, but those in the office tended to have lunch together and go for drinks after work.
I was lucky to be able to stay at home during the internship but London nightlife is expensive, but as there is so much to do this didn't bother me.
Great.
There were occasional work group socials/yoga classes/ touch rugby and other charity events running that you could get involved with if you so desired.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
London
August 2016
