Summer Internship Review

by EY

Best Student Employer

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Rating

1.8/5
  • The Role
    2.0
  • The Company
    1.4
  • The Culture
    1.9

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
  • The particular client/team I was placed on was really bad but I do not blame the internship program for that.

    2/5

  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
  • Despite having to do a lot of work as the team was very understaffed, I did not feel very appreciated. I was given very little feedback on my work and very little explanation. By the end, it had become more friendly but during the first days members hardly spoke to each other.

    2/5

  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
  • Tasks were given with minimal support and guidance and very little explanation of the process. I was given no feedback or counseling throughout my internship. While other interns had meetings with partners and managers in their team, I did not. There was no concern in my team for my experience.

    1/5

  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
  • For the last two weeks, I was given too many tasks that were out of my depth and not explained nearly enough for me to have control over my performance. Although one might think this gave me so much experience, it was not as valuable as I did not have the opportunity to really understand what I was doing.

    1/5

  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
  • I was given too much responsibility for my level. Both executing tasks that have been confirmed by many others to have been too senior, and in interacting with the client completely alone without much guidance.

    4/5

  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
  • I think that being put in such a challenging position has definitely helped me grow as a person and widened my understanding of how the working world is. Skills in solving problems with little knowledge and understanding, using context clues and own research have definitely been developed. I have gotten the experience of a large business and their financial system and some skills in excel.

    3/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
  • There were very little social events which was especially disappointing, hearing about all the other interns and their many events with their teams and departments. As I was on client site with a particularly hostile client, the mood within the team and with the client was not very good. Mostly complaining. I hardly ever got to meet new interns, my intern friends, or anyone from any other team or department.

    1/5

  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
  • The events organized by the internship team were all very nice and I appreciate that greatly. I think that in terms of communicating to the different teams about the intern's role and their intended experience was definitely subpar.

    2/5

  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
  • The internship itself must have been a large investment. Within my team I have felt more exploited than invested in.

    1/5

  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
  • National Travel

    2/5

  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
  • Potentially within a different service line I could be interested in future employment. There is absolutely no way I would risk having the same experience I have had on this internship again though, which would be unlikely as all other employees get some sort of training before they are given tasks. Almost all people I talked to working in my department did not like their job.

    2/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
  • The interns were all very nice and smart and cool. I have definitely made some good friends. It is a shame that I had so little opportunity to see them.

    4/5

  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
  • London is very expensive.

    1/5

  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
  • Nightlife in London is nice but we ended very late every day.

    2/5

  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
  • I had constant work and ended late every day, exhausted.

    1/5

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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Audit

London

August 2019


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