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I really enjoyed my placement, it was very well organised from start to finish and I felt well taken care of and looked after. I got to experience what life on the Digital Trust (tech risk) grad scheme would be like by working on a range of jobs and with different people. I got to spend time both in the office and on the job, I enjoyed meeting clients and understanding more about their business and systems.

I felt like I was a valued member of the team. I was invited to socials and in fact asked to organise one as well and it never felt awkward to ask for help. I was given tasks in a client facing role which showed the trust that my team and supervisors had in me as I was representing the firm and had to uphold PwC's excellent reputation.

On joining PwC you are assigned a Buddy and a People Manager. The role of the Buddy is to provide you with day to day assistance, such as local IT issues and to introduce to people in the office. This was incredibly useful in getting settled in as it provides you with an approachable point of contact and they regularly checked in to make sure I was enjoying the placement. The People Manager helps guide you at a higher level, such as discussions about the kind of work you want to do as well as whether you may want to work in different areas or with different people. I felt very well supported by my buddy and people manager and they helped me to learn a lot more about the job beyond tasks that I was assigned.

There were lots of occasions where I had little or no work to do; it was left to me to ask resourcing to try and find work in the office and to go around and ask people in the office if they had things which needed doing. The result of this lack of work meant that a lot of my time was spent shadowing people in the office and waiting for my next task.

I was given responsibility in client facing roles, to interact with clients and sit in on meetings. I was also often left to work unsupervised and by my own devices. This meant there was a responsibility on me to produce my own work to a high standard before sending it back for review.

My relationship skills have definitely evolved over the course of the internship. I have learnt a lot about how to prepare for meetings and interact with clients as well as members of my team. Some of the specific IT audit skills that I have picked up will only be relevant if I return to this line of work, however my already strong Microsoft Office skills have been enhanced.

The atmosphere in the office is very open and friendly. Often members of the office will meet for lunch and head to the pub together after work. Everyone is approachable and the open plan desk system meant that you could sit with different people every day.

The internship was very well organised. There was a 3 day residential induction at the start of the internship which was very well planned. Training was arranged for everyone and it was easy to know where I had to be and what I had to do. Then in the office it was easy to find out what I had to be doing and who was responsible for me at any time. The one downside was that there was not always work arranged for me to do, however it was clear this was not for the want of trying.

I felt like PwC invested heavily in us as interns. We were given a whole week of training and induction to ease us into life at the firm and make us aware of what was expected of us and what we would get back in return. There was a residential induction which was all expenses paid and PwC employees from across the country came to tutor us on things specific to our work.

PwC seems like a fantastic company to work for, however I'm not sure that the job in which I interned is right for me. Employment prospects following the internships are excellent and it is likely that you will be offered a place on the grad scheme at the end of the internship. You are able to move office and Line of Service after an offer has been made, so it is flexible and they try to accommodate you if you are made an offer.

There was a good community amongst the interns and we often went for lunch together and for drinks after work. I also attended socials with colleagues from my team and also managed to organise a night out bowling with the team. I was invited to every event that happened in the team and also to a sports day which is planned for after my internship has concluded.

I lived at home during the placement, so my living costs were negligible. However it is a paid placement and the money from the placement should help with living costs. Manchester is not outrageously expensive although alcohol in the city centre will cost around 4-5 pounds for a pint of beer.

Nightlife in Manchester is very good, however I did not really sample it during my internship outside of visiting a few bars. there are lots of bars in Manchester and plenty of places to have a drink and a good time.

There were opportunities to get involved in charity work and sports teams. However with the sports teams, I found that it was not well publicised and you needed to speak to the right person in order to find out the arrangements for sporting activities. These activities took place outside of work hours and were organised by members of the office as opposed to official and formal set up.