Summer Intern Review

by PwC

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • On a day-to-day basis, you will be shadowing client meetings, as well as, being assigned tasks by your team to complete, such as: working on PwC softwares, or research projects to present your findings to the team. You will also being working on a purpose challenge with a charity, with other interns, to produce a presentation to aid the company/charity, in which you will present towards the end of the internship. You will also be assigned a buddy and a career coach


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • During the internship, I learnt how to use PwC softwares through the training in the first week and with help from the team. I also developed my presentation skills, through working with other interns in the purpose challenge and the interns on my team. You will also be able to build on your team working skills. You can develop general skills, such as: taking initiative to reaching out to people to grow connections and booking meetings


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • We were given responsibility of completing client work that would actually contribute to the final audit project, but we were also given guidance and support in completing work.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • A lot of support and guidance, we were assigned a buddy and a career coach and the team was also very open to helping or scheduling meetings to chat


  • 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 company culture is great, everyone is very personable and friendly, even as an intern, you will very much a part of the company


  • 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?
  • 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?
  • The internship was very enjoyable, the culture at PwC makes it very easy to feel at place, and we had a lot to learn, and able to meet new people and grow connections, as well as learn about the work done at PwC and contributing to a real final product with real companies.


  • 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
  • Do your research on the PwC, and what makes them different to their competitors, and have a good idea of your own goals and what you want to achieve from the internship and afterwards


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Audit

West Midlands

July 2023


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