Audit Vacation Student Review

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at KPMG. There was a great mix of training and on-site client experience which facilitated growing in both understanding and application of what was introduced through training. KPMG employees were hugely welcoming, and made it very easy for me to work alongside them. Very pleased indeed!

The general atmosphere in the office was welcoming and easy to settle into. Other employees were friendly and interested in who I was. My managers and those giving me work were very encouraging, and great at giving constructive feedback. The person I had assigned as my 'buddy' did a terrific job of helping to coach and mentor me.

I received excellent guidance and support. Others in the office or in the teams on-site made it very easy for me to feel as though I could approach them with any questions and queries. I was also able to chat to them about the company and their experience of working there.

The understanding of business is very valuable for my future trajectory. Working in audit gives an overview of business practices. I doubt that what I did there will help in the content of my degree, but the skills around communication, and general experience of working an office job are valuable indeed.

Very well structured. We had a training day in London, followed by time in the regional office where I was based. I had time in the office to settle in and to complete the mandatory training, and then was booked to clients from then on. There was flexibility which was great.

Very enjoyable. The company ethos is one of great dedication and hard work, and yet the employees aren't overly serious. This made it easy to join, and it didn't take long for me to feel as though I was one of them as it were!

There was a Values Day in London, with some great input from the Recruitment team and a couple of brief talks from Partners. Then there have been mandatory training modules, as well as a whole host of others that are available and can be completed between client work.

It was very clear since I was working a similar schedule to what a first year graduate would have done. I was also given a lot of information by my colleagues about what they were doing whilst on the grad scheme, or what they did when they were on it before finishing.

Having a day in London was a huge bonus as it enabled us to see the central offices. I then experienced one of the regional offices for a few days along with many days onsite with clients. The office was a mix of people each day because many are out at different points carrying out audits.

Such a fantastic insight into auditing, and accountancy more generally. It was also very beneficial experiencing a 9-5 job, both in the office and also with travel to client sites. Invaluable experience and has helped me a lot in thinking through my next step.

Both! They were fantastic about this - a generous company indeed.

I got to go to a regional office meeting, where the regional chair was present. This was good fun, and I got to chat to many other colleagues that I hadn't met up until that point. The training day in London was great too, although it's unlikely that those connections with other interns will be valuable in the near future, since none of the others were going to the office where I was going.

Great - got to go to the office meeting, and was also invited to an intern gathering in my region, though I turned this down because it was a couple of hours away. There was a social planned for the whole office but this was subsequently postponed.

Not really, no

I absolutely would - fantastic experience and what a gift to be able to do it!