Summer Intern Review

by PwC

Best Student Employer

Rating

5/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Support my assigned team with various aspects of the audit process. Review financial statements and identify any potential misstatements in these records. This includes taking samples from documentation and verifying these samples have the required evidence (e.g. invoices)


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Excel skills went up a lot (it is the main tool that is used). Learn to communicate effectively with team and client.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

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

  • 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?
  • A fair amount of responsibility - we are expected to do the work correctly and it does count towards the final result, but mainly doing smaller tasks. It is expected that if you are unsure what you are doing you ask so as not to do something wrong.


  • 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?
  • Everyone in the office made it clear from the start that we could ask any of them for help, the atmosphere is one of learning so people are more than happy to talk you through anything you are unsure about. This goes for managers, senior associates, and associates alike.


  • 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?
  • Really friendly and supportive - strong learning culture so will challenge you but also give you the support needed to complete


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

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

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

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Really good opportunity and a brilliant group of people.


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

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

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

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to PwC
  • The application process is long but stick with it as it is a good opportunity - you are fairly likely to be offered a graduate role as the application process for the internships and grad roles are the same


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Audit

Scotland

July 2022


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