Summer Intern Review

Fantastic experience which can't be gathered elsewhere. Real insight into what it would be like working for the firm.

Everyone I met was friendly, and helpful and took the time to explain anything I was unsure of. PwC have a buddy system which makes the first couple of weeks much easier, having someone you can ask anything to.

The PwC buddy system is fantastic, we are also all allocated a people manager, to work on our goals and skills that we wish to develop over the placement.

When I had client work and was out the office, 5 of 6 weeks, I was very busy and found this very rewarding. However on the week I was unasigned to a client I struggled to keep myself busy.

I was given a comfortable level of responsibility at the beginning of each client and this increased as the work was completed, moving to more client-interacting roles. I could have been given more responsibility but as an unskilled worker working with some very large clients it is understandable that they don't want to come accross inept when asked a probing question.

A lot. You learn so much in such a short space of time, it really is the best training ground. Any mistakes you make now are expected and so long as you learn from them are going to be mistakes you're not making later when you're employed full-time. The work placement provides a great transition from the university to work-place culture.

The atmosphere at PwC is one of its strongest selling points, everyone there is like you and generally interested in the work the are doing. On top of this, the interaction and fun between different staff levels makes towards a relaxed, fun environment. You could be sitting next to a director one day and a first year the next, whilst always feeling you could talk and ask questions to them. Naturally whilst in the office the teams are very work-focussed, the real fun starts outside the office on the post-audit/day nights out.

The overall structure was perfectly organised, with everything being very well explained as to what was happening and when it was taking place. Internal organisation sometimes slipped, on the intern only events, with some staff seemingly confused as to what was actually going on.

The company fully invest in you, you are seen in their eyes as a fellow colleague and treated as such. You have taken all but the same application as any graduate and, all being well, will receive an offer at the end of your placement. Therefore, investment in you is seen as worthwhile because it will make the future transition easier.

I got the offer, so what can I say. Nearly everyone I spoke to got an offer too, with only a few exceptions. If you wish to adapt your offer to something slightly different then you are potentially risking your current offer however, e.g. if you wish to change to another department.

Yes, I went for drinks with my fellow interns every week on a Friday and often after work in general, although this was usually a smaller affair. The social scene is what you make of it, some decide to go home after work and only came out on a couple of the bigger nights out, others, myself included, did pretty much everything that was going on. Work hard, play hard. A culture that seems alive at PwC, maybe uni isn't so far away...

London. it's expensive, but you also just got a pay-check. After rent, as an intern you haven't too many other bills!

Great, it's London afterall! you can do pretty much anything, although mostly with the interns this involves just going to a bar near an office. There were opportunities for more fun events however.

Yes, both with interns and colleagues