Intern Review

My experience at PwC has been totally invaluable. The internship was really structured, I knew what I was doing at any time during my time there. The people were extremely caring and everyone gave me meaningful work to do that could push the project forward. The variety of the work was also really appreciated.

Everyone made incredible efforts to make you feel part of the team. I never felt there was a difference in seniority levels, and I felt truly appreciated throughout. Whoever I reached out was willing to have a chat with me about their work and to show me what kind of extra work they were involved with.

I was highly supported by my line manager and senior associates throughout any project. I was able to reach out to them at any time, if I had any type of questions, and I was reminded multiple times that there were no silly questions. I felt at ease while talking to managers.

As per any normal job, there were days I had a lot to do, and others were there was less work to be done. Nonetheless, I was able to reach out to many people and I was given work that I could do during downtime of specific projects (e.g. data analysis using data analytics tool such as PowerBI or Tableau).

I was given really a lot of responsibility during the placement, ranging from collecting minutes during meetings, upon which findings would have been captured, to leading a presentation for work experience for Year 12 students. I had the chance to be as involved as I wanted and if I wanted to take ownership of anything, I could have asked for it and worked it through with my manager/coach.

I improved massively my communication skills, thanks to the presentations I was able to lead in the Year 12 work experience. I was also able to improve my digital skills, by using data analytics tools that I am hoping to use in my final year of university during my research project.

The atmosphere was absolutely fantastic. The work environment is totally not as corporate as people would imagine; the policy at PwC is 'dress for the day' meaning that it is up to how you want to dress, based on the commitments you have throughout the day. Everyone was really friendly.

I was really impressed with the organisation of the internship. Starting from the 3-day residential to the actual placement, everything seemed to have been planned. Interns had a career coach and buddy to reach out to for any inconvenience and I was able to make the most out of my experience thanks to the organisation of the placement.

PwC invested so much resources on me. They cared about our initial development by sending us for 3 days to a residential induction training (all paid for by PwC); then they provided access to different platforms to learn more about topics that could interest us, widening our knowledge and skillset.

Manchester is an incredibly affordable city. Everything is within reach from the office and prices are totally doable. Compared to London, it is much less chaotic and I felt the salary I was given was more than enough to cover for accommodation, food and leisure time (including gym, cinema etc.).

Yes, there were! During my placement, I attended an Away Day for the entire line of service in the North, and we all went to a park to do some really crazy activity such as zip lining, or bouldering, go-karts or cup-cake making. We also had a Sports Day that ended up with a nice evening reception!