Management Consulting Intern Review

As a management consulting intern, my main roles were supporting my team in delivering client excellence, liaising with the clients, completing key training activities and building my professional network. My day to day is fairly varied, with meetings and calls with my team and others from the Firm, as well as other work to support the progression of the project. My internship began with a week's induction which was mainly focussed around upskilling, to ensure I was prepared to begin client-facing work.

I have developed many new skills including taking notes in meetings, learning how to use the google suite apps, creative thinking, cloud technology training. I have developed my collaboration skills, communication skills. I have also worked on my email communications. I have learnt how to build meaningful relationships and I have developed my networking skills. I have learnt a lot from others in my office, my project teams and I have got to know a lot more about PwC's values, purpose and strategy.

I was heavily involved in the project work, which gave me great exposure to how consultants operate. I was given meaningful tasks within my projects and colleagues were proactive in ensuring I had the opportunity to participate in wider projects external to the project allocated. I was also given the responsibility of ensuring all work was filed correctly, creating new documents and developing new slides. I was also given the opportunity to run some sessions for my team and to liaise with the client.

I received support and guidance throughout my placement, the student recruitment team were extremely supportive before and during my internship, ensuring to answer all my questions and queries and offer support. My project team were always available to answer my questions and were keen to ensure that I felt comfortable and at ease within the team. In addition my office team made sure to get me involved and helped me to develop some key networking and communication skills.

The company culture was supportive, empowering and inclusive. PwC made sure to make me feel welcome and worked continuously to try to develop my consulting skill set. I felt comfortable in the office and I received an office tour on my first day to make sure I knew where all the facilities were. I felt extremely comfortable on calls and everyone was welcoming and keen to help me out in anyway they could. Overall, a great atmosphere!

I really enjoyed my internship, despite being in a virtual format, I managed to make many connections and expand my professional network. I also have experienced the life of a consultant, learning how to liaise with clients and build meaningful relationships with my team. I would recommend other students apply as it gives you a great look into what the life of a consultant is like, what office work involves and also teaches you so much about the industry.

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I would advise others to be yourself, be confident in your capabilities and show that you can work well in a team. Make sure to let others speak and have their perspective and take on board other people's perspectives. Also, it is so important you embrace PwC's values, purpose and strategy, even during the application process. Make sure that you spend some time researching and learning about the company before you come along to the assessment centre and if you have a chance to attend a PwC event before you join, go to it!