Summer Assurance Associate Review

by PwC

Best Student Employer

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Rating

3.5/5
  • The Role
    3.6
  • The Company
    3.6
  • The Culture
    3.3

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Very enjoyable

    4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • Very friendly, supportive working environment. Good work did not go unnoticed.

    5/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Buddy was always on hand to help and advise if needs be. Management friendly and approachable, gave good general career advice.

    5/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • Some days were quite slow, with not enough work to do.

    2/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • Could have had greater autonomy over larger areas of the audit, but responsibility was fair given I was only an untrained intern.

    3/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Organisational life-skills gained are invaluable. Good experience working in an corporate environment.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • Professional and hard working, but could chat and banter between colleagues. Stayed until the work got done but no later - it was a grown up way of approaching work.

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • My internship was split between UK and US, and the transition between the two was a bit ad hoc. Once settled into respective offices, was better.

    2/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • Definitely gave a good grounding in the principles and methodologies of audit, and offered opportunities to learn about how best to develop my career in audit and other divisions of the firm.

    4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Subsidised Canteen

    International Travel
    4/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • They offered me a job with a variety of start dates and audit stream choices. Would have been fast tracked into other divisions of the firm too (e.g. consultancy). Needless to say I accepted!

    5/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • First week is spent at out of office training in a hotel. Get to spend a lot of social time with other interns which is great way to get to know them. Was great fun. However, as I spent the next 3 weeks of my internship in the US (while almost all other interns didn't), I missed out a bit on the social side of things by the time I returned to London. Still met loads of friendly fun people despite this.

    3/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Central London and Downtown Chicago - pretty expensive, especially if you had to pay rent for the entirety of the intenship!

    2/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Amazing, if expensive.

    4/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • In particular the time I spent in Chicago out of the office, was basically a holiday; there was tonnes of stuff to see and do.

    5/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Audit

London

November 2011

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