Vacation Intern Review

I found the work I was doing interesting, and the people I was working with made the environment very friendly. I don't think I was out of my depth and I enjoyed figuring out how to best do my work.

I felt very valued, all the staff made sure to introduce themselves. They showed me where everything was and helped me through all the admin stuff I was confused on.

As much as I needed, if I was feeling lost or didn't know what to do I could ask my buddy or one of the people sitting next to me, who would direct me to someone else if necessary. I could also email my Manager to organise a meeting where we could review my progress. But at the same time I was allowed to be independent with my work and trusted to get on with it.

Very much, I was helping refine software and much of the process of software development is very relevant to understand for any job where constant improvement is desired. As an engineer I found it very useful to learn about approaching the situation from a business analyst perspective, rather than as someone who was making the product.

Fairly well, they had a training day for all the interns and I has two days of training within my department. They also had a corporate responsibility day towards the end of the placement.

Very friendly people, who helped me when I asked! I was never given work that I wasn't able to do and if I was I had the resources to figure out how to do it

They had a training day on values and integrity at the start if the internship for all the interns across all the departments. I also had internal training within my department on the software that I would be working on.

Very much, I was able to talk to lost of people within my department, both those who had been there for a short time as a graduate and those that had been there for a while and held a more managerial role. I was given a task that would have been given to someone who was working there even if I wasn't there, so the work I was doing was relevant and gave me an insight into what work full time in the future would be like.

Fairly well, my department was slightly different to other departments, but the culture was very much the same. Despite working at an accounting firm there was not much traditional accounting knowledge needed as we were working on software.

Very helpful! As an engineer I had no idea what it would be like to work in an accounting firm in the city and my experience was very helpful in deciding whether I would want to continue with engineering or enter a new field entirely. This was the biggest reason I applied for the internship.

I was paid well, better than any of the other roles I was offered for summer internships. I was also given a £3.2o0 lunch allowance to spend on any of the food places within the KPMG building so I didn't have to bring or buy lunch.

Not so much, I mostly just interacted=with people in my department, but this included the developers as well as the business analysts and the managers. I didn't feel like I needed or wanted ot otalk to members of other departments but I know that if I had wanted to then I would have been able to.

They were okay, they mostly involved drinking and since I don't drink I didn't enjoy them or find them very helpful. However I did get to speak to recent graduates working at the company about their experiences.

Yes, on the values day they gave us a lot of information about out of work opportunities and societies that they had within the company. I also discussed the volunteering schemes with some of the graduates in my department which they were taking part in.

Yes, it paid well and I had an enjoyable time. I learned a lot about whether I wanted to do this in the future and I was treated well by my colleagues and the company. It was also only 4 weeks which was a nice length of time for me to spend working in the summer.