Financial Services Audit intern Review
by EY
Rating
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Skills
3.5
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
3.5
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Culture
3.5
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Your Impressions
3.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at EY
- 7. Would you recommend EY to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to EY
Overview
Delegated tasks from members of the FS Audit team. For example, claims testing, reconciliations, meeting minutes and smart sampling. Visited client sites with a director and sat in on meetings.
Skills
Technical: DataSnipper, Excel, Smart Sampling using the companies internal applications, understanding of client's business model. Personable: Team work, working under deadlines, attention to detail.
Responsibilities
To an extent, my work contributed to a real client project and the team trusted my work was correct. However, we were not expected/ suggested to speak up in client meetings.
Support & Guidance
We received support but only if we required/ asked for it. Especially with admin type tasks like timesheets, expense claims and desk bookings.
Culture
From my experience as an intern, the people were very friendly and nice both in the office and at social events. However, I got the impression that other parts of the year (Jan-March) were more stressful and caused some tension within the team. I had concerns about the unpaid high working hours in this period.
Your Impressions
I greatly enjoyed working with the team and coming in to the office however I am not certain I can see myself staying in the industry post the graduate scheme. However, the internship was extremely useful and insightful, particularly as we were given individual feedback from people we had worked with. This helped me to reflect on how I can improve professionally.
Yes
Work on being a competent and curious person - this will help you stand out during the assessment centre.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Audit
North East
July 2025
