Assurance Summer Intern Review

Really enjoyed the company and the people within it. I worked at the London Office which was very sociable, we meshed well with the current first year graduates and placement students so they were always around to help. The work could be a little bit mundane, but ensuring that you ask for more when you're done is a good way to stay busy. Time goes by very quickly when you're busy

Within Assurance you are put on a client and given the work that is required by that Audit. I felt like I got given quite a lot of responsibility, and having my name on documents that I had prepared meant that I was the point of call if that needed explaining.

Everyone in the office is very busy, and you don't have someone holding your hand all the time, but if you're getting on with your work and you come across something you don't understand, it's very easy to ask someone for a minute of their time. Having the grads and placement people around is also a great help so you don't feel like you're pestering managers.

Apart from the first few days of settling in and completing compliance tests and stuff I felt like I had my time mostly full. I didn't have any days that I worked proper overtime hours, but that was do to the client I was on. Other interns were on year ends for their clients meaning they had more work than me and stayed with their team till quite late sometimes.

Quite a lot. Once I had been shown the ropes I got given work that a proper associate, who had done some of their accounting exams, would be given. Some of the work was challenging, and I wanted to complete things as much as I could without help. The system that PwC use is challenging but once you get the hang of it you can navigate work fairly easily

I study economics and accounting so I feel like I have a better understanding of balance sheets and the components that fit into the different FSLI (financial statement line item). The client that I was on was an oil and gas company, so I now have a better understanding of that sector too

In Assurance your time can be slit between being in the office and being on client site, it just depends who you get given. I was on client site max 2 days a week, but other people that were interning were on client site every day and I didn't see them much. We got lucky with our start date and were able to be invited to the department summer ball which consisted of free three course meal, free drinks and free clubbing after at the Forge by Bank

Pretty well set up. Started with a 3 day residential with all the interns from all over the country in Old Windsor/Egham area, which was a lot of fun even though we were in 'training' from 9-5pm, but afterwards it was quite social and drinks tokens were given to everyone on arrival for the evenings. then two days in the office doing compliance and online training. Then everyone was on client projects, all the interns were on different ones so was interesting regrouping at lunch

The residential for 270 internship students was a nice investment, everyone got their own hotel room, access to the gym and swimming pool, and three meals a day. During the actual internship I think they gave everyone quite a lot of responsibility and tried to coach/train on the job as well as they could whilst already being quite busy

Within Assurance we heard through the grapevine that around 90-95% of people on the internship convert into full time grad offers. PwC have an excellent progression timeline and fully invest in their employees. You get told on your last few days within the firm whether or not you've received the offer which has to be approved by a Partner and a HR contact

Within my department of Assurance there was only 4 summer interns, but we got on very well. It was two of our birthdays within a short pace of time and we celebrated together by going minigolfing and then to dinner. We also got lucky in our timing/starting date as we managed to get invited to our departments summer ball

Travel in london is expensive, its what majority of my money went on especially as I live in Zone 5. Food within the canteen can be quite expensive too, around £6 for a hot meal, I ended up making my own lunch and heating it up. the office had an area with around 20 microwaves for people to heat up food.

After work drinks were fairly common within the teams you worked in. The graduates went on a group holiday to celebrate the end of their exams and results. Clubs in London can be expensive but if there's a group of people and an area is booked you can normally get in okay

They mentioned PwC sports teams and stuff but I didnt experience any of this whilst there