Summer Associate 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
3.2
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The Company
2.8
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The Culture
1.8
- 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 thoroughly enjoyed my internship. The people I worked with were all really friends and easy to speak to and were really open to answering any questions about life at PwC and about their experiences. I worked on a variety of different clients throughot the 6 weeks which allowed me to see how not every client is the same.
I feel like my colleagues appreciated the work I was doing for the team and I was treated like another member of the team.
Everyone senior to me coached me through all my tasks and my people manager was really helpful when I had any issues.
The first week was an induction and training week which as very full on and you were constantly busy with different team building tasks and tutor group sessions. The next 2 weeks weeks I wasn't too busy and had a lot of time to do extra work on projects running alongside the work I am doing which was interesting. Then the past few weeks I have been very busy working at th client. So overall it was really varied how busy I was.
I think I was given a good level of responsibility.
Im not too sure how the skills I have learnt will help directly with my degree however the skills I have learnt in the past 6 weeks should help me when I hopefully secure a graduate scheme with PwC.
The Company
The office was really sociable and friendly. There was end of month drinks which we were invited too and also the other employees would invite us out for lunch.
The overall structure of the programme was well organised however, personally, I experienced a lot of time where I was sitting around waiting for work to be given to me which couldn't be helped but we could have been given something to do during that time.
The first week of my 6 week placement was all about training us to be able to do a good job over the next 5 weeks. We were then constantly coached throughout the duration of the internship.
It is appealing but no more appealing than any other large professional services firm.
The Culture
The first week allowed us to make friends with the other interns and this friendship was then maintained througout the internship through the companys internal messaging application however there wasn't any social events for interns specifically.
I lived at home but the St Albans area isnt too expensive.
didn't go out in the area but there are a few bars.
No. There were 2 events but the first one was on our 2nd day in the office and the second one was on our last day.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Accounting
London
July 2015
