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From the start, the internship was very engaging with a 3 day training course organised in the first week, we had the pleasure to travel to a nice hotel by Northampton where we networked with collegues and seniors. The work placement itself was quite diverse (sometimes a bit too much copy/pasting) but nevertheless enjoyable and insightful.

Most of the fellow Interns were friendly throughout the times, however you could sometimes just detect several fake smiles within the crowd during the induction in Northampton. Once you get to know the people in your office and then your floor it became really nice and personally I got along with everyone pretty well.

There was never a situation where management turned down a question, always very helpful and trying to teach you as much as possible. People at PwC no matter what their position is, how busy they are or what the nature of event is are always smiling and keen to help out (even us, the interns!). Management (the people) is definitely one of the best parts of working at PwC

You had a choice: You could sit there and do nothing or you could be proactive and you would always find work no matter what the hour was. At an Intern level not much is expected of you, so if you feel like having a short break then go ahead have one!

As with anything that an individual experiences which is new, you start off doing the very simple typical corporate Excel Copy & Paste work (aka Kopy Pasta work according to PwC intern banter), but as time goes by the copy & paste work gets more complicated, more functions have to be used in ExCel etc. In conclusion the trend is if you do something right then you are given more complicated work (but that is not always the case). Some ‘investigating’ and testing is also present during the job.

I am yet to apply the skills I am learning at PwC, however in terms of the Accounting knowledge gained they will surely help me out in any accounting modules at university and allow me to understand the logic of underlying concepts of the profession that can then be utilised in courseworks/exams. Also understand the fundamentals of how various Information System software’s works like and cyber security basics.

Fantastic, as previously mentioned people are the best thing at PwC. Everyone is always keen for a chat to break away from the work for a short while and catch-up over recent events. There are fruit days when free fruit is provided and various other office events.

The general organisation of the internship was well planned and executed however on a individual level I was placed in the wrong Line Of Service at the very beginning and could have been sorted out a bit faster.

Well for the task you perform, your pay is quite good and your first week is a training week and during the course of the internship you are provided with various materials.

This is a rather difficult issue to discuss, when talking about pay this is undoubtly one of the biggest drawbacks in working for PwC. According to my research it is the worst paying out of the big 4 and as many of you know the big 4 already pay less in comparison to other financial services, if you are living outside of London this would still most likely be one of the best paying jobs in the area but within London if you are living without any form of support, well it will be survival mode for the first one or two years before the salary starts to be at least decent considering London’s sky high living costs. On the other hand the learning curve is very steep and the hours are less likely to be killer (depending on the Line Of Service, however this ‘steep learning curve’ is rather overhyped) and usually PwC employees are really valued on the jobs market (e.g. once core audit employees qualify with their ACA, the phone just doesn’t stop ringing with offers). There have been cases were even gradutes especially in technology get offers they simply cannot refuse, so once again I will mention that PwC employees are highly valued.

yup, not the very best but decent.

London costs.

Amazing. but expensive.

not to many, just whatever you organise yourself.