Intern Review

It was great. The teams are friendly and fun and support you throughout. Which makes the internship as great as it is. Apart from the office being situated in a great location, and the daily walks as part of the wellbeing company, there is so much to learn with no added pressure from the managers to have to learn it in an instant.

My colleagues did treat me as a new addition to their family. It was a very fun and tight knit team, however I may have lucked out since my manager stated it was the best team. I was given actual responsibilities and was never left out of any meetings even if most of what was being said would go over my head.

I was lucky to have an amazing associate, manager and senior manager help me throughout my internship. The rest of the team also never hesitated to help me or give me tasks to do. I was in a very precarious position regarding my university and my team helped me through it and supported me even though they had a lot of responsibility on their plate.

At the start of the internship I was busy and it was only in the penultimate week where I didn't contribute. It had nothing to do with my team. Rather, some of the regulations by which the processes had to be adhered to were too complicated for an intern. That is after all why there are 15 exams auditors have to go through.

I was given real work to do and I actually managed to find some misstatements and some quirks in formatting. It was rewarding because it meant I was given more responsibility and it meant I wasn't bored and that my team did think I was capable of helping. Of course the higher level work had to be done by certified and qualified members of the team, but there was still plenty that I did get an opportunity to do.

I did physics at university. So, this isn't the most relevant experience in terms of my degree. However, I did want to go into the finance world and I wanted to be part of a reputable company that isn't mired in fraud and fines year after year. PwC gives a great launching pad for anyone who does want to go into that with secondments into other fields and it will definitely assist me in the future.

Except for the last week which was signing (really stressful). We used to have daily well-being walks. When we are client's side which was a 30 minute walk, we walked back in the sun. There was always a good atmosphere in the office and it was almost always fun except for deadlines but that's to be expected.

As mentioned before I was constantly given work and was only left without something to do 3 out of the 30 days, which is again due to the lack of my experience. So, I can't complain about how well it was organised.

All the interns get a crash course before going to the office, however that was not sufficient. You really start learning whilst working and the team is always ready to answer questions and teach you. They improve you so that you can be better at helping them out.

If offered the place I would definitely choose it, mainly due to the flexi-time, the location and the people. Also it is great to have all the learning opportunities you get at PwC and after 5/6 years you will also have experienced in many different business sectors.

We organised and went out weekly. However it may not have been smart for me since I lived almost 2 hours away since trains aren't frequent after midnight and it did get messy. We also had lunches together and at the beginning of the internship, living in a hotel for 3 days you get comfortable enough to meet up throughout the internship.

It's central London, nothing is cheap but that's to be expected.

Being a King's student this was my local nightlife scene and of course I am biased.

It is in reality a 5 week internship (you do get paid for 6) so it was harder to get involved in things outside of work as an intern. However I did join the sports socials, so it can be done.