Restatement Manager/Functional Design/PMO Review

There were highs and lows at all points of the internship. At times it was a struggle, especially on evenings when I was working until 9pm at night, but overall I felt it was enjoyable and I met some great colleagues along the way.

I felt very valued by my colleagues. Performance reviews were a particularly useful way of gaining feedback from my Manager and helped to boost morale.

I was given far more guidance on my second project. On my first project I felt I had little guidance or support from my Manager. Contact was particularly difficult at times, my time was wasted for the first month of the internship. The second half of my internship was a stark contrast. My Manager provided me with constant feedback about ways I could improve my performance and what I was doing well. If I was a permanent employee at Accenture she would likely have guided me through the performance review and help with promotions.

For the first 4 months of my internship I had little work and felt what I was doing wasn't creating a great contribution to the running of the project. The second half of my placement was much more productive, although perhaps too busy at times. The last two months of my placement were about the perfect balance.

I was given a fair bit of responsibility. Whilst my role at times seemed perhaps full it was part of a key process within the business.

Skills developed will certainly help prepare me for the world of business after my degree, in particular excel skills, word and most imporantly communcation with other staff. I believe this will also aid my studies as I will be able to create clearly structured essays.

On both projects there was a nice atmosphere, people were very friendly and supportive in work. There was a good balance between work and getting to know other colleagues.

I felt the roles could have been organised slightly better, perhaps with a little more responsibility and training. I.e. 2 days on excel. However I felt overall that the HR Reps were very friendly and helpful! Events were organised really well and I enjoyed the induction week.

More investment could have been made in training. The only training offered was for a course that I didnt particularly think useful. However the training provided on my actual projects was good.

I would heavily consider re-joining Accenture if I was offered a place.

Weekly team drinks and meetings were organised regularly. They weren't organised too often that it felt overbearing and staff were very understanding if you had prior commitments.

I lived with with my parents, although this was expensive for other interns. It particular socialising in London is very expensive.

The nightlife in London is great, however I didn't spend a lot of time going out with my colleagues...

This could certainly be improved. HR planned loads of great activities for the interns but on a project basis more activity days could be held outside of work.