Sustainability Intern Review

by PwC

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Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • I was working in the Sustainability team. Across 1-2 weeks, we would be given 1 or 2 pre-existing projects to be working on which could involve researching, report writing, creating presentation etc. and also attending meetings.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I was able to apply pre-existing skills such as research and presentation skills, communication skills and team-building skills, but also developed new skills, for example computer software skills.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • 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
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, I would be given a task as part of a project and left to complete this myself before bringing the work back to the team.


  • 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?
  • We were given a huge amount of support, and provided a career coach, buddy and other points of contact including some associates who completed the internship too.


  • 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?
  • The culture at this company is wonderful, people are supportive, there is a flexible working environment and everyone is always happy to talk and help.


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • I really enjoyed the internship, the work was very interesting, we were given a good level of responsibility and everyone was very kind and supportive.


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

  • 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
  • To make sure that you have researched the company very well as this will help with the interview. Do some research into assessment centres and practice basic maths skills.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Environmental Science

London

August 2022


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