Corporate Finance Intern Review

by PwC

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • First week: training and networking. 2nd-4th week - shadowing, intern presentation, assisting on client work, assisting with research and presentations.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Learnt more about finance and accounting. Data handling and presentation skills developed.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Given some responsibility to produce work and exposed to wider projects.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Had a buddy and a career coach. Career coach was difficult to communicate with. Many people happy to help but had to reach out to many people to be given work. There was some structure lacking.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Good culture and atmosphere- relaxed in terms of speaking to people higher above you. Diverse workplace. Some social and networking events but varies widely on team.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • It provided good insight and most people were very helpful and welcoming. The internship was very self led which made it difficult to have the right amount of work to do - varied a lot between no work and many projects to juggle.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at PwC
  • 4/5

  • 7. Would you recommend PwC to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to PwC
  • Ask questions and be enthusiastic.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking, Accounting

London

July 2022


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