Intern Review

by PwC

Best Student Employer

Rating

3.5/5
  • Skills
    3.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    3.5
  • Your Impressions
    3.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • Daily email checks, preparation of payments and cheques, keeping excels up to date

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Developed my communication skills where I had to interact with a lot of new people. Became more open minded as I had to listen to other people's point of views/way of working. Became more pro active to situations where there was an issue

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

    • 1/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 3/5
  • 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

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • In the Finance department yes. I had to regularly check my emails and update excel sheets. I also had prepare cheques and prepare monthly end payments to suppliers. Moreover, I was given a reconciliation to do on my own and had to meet the deadline set by my Senior Manager

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • I had very good colleagues that were always here to help me. They had their own work to do but would ask me if everything was okay and if I needed help. They also (including my senior manager) were always very keen and patient with me when I asked for help

  • 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 teams were always hard working and looking to finish their job a week before the deadline. They would keep the last week as a review week and make sure everything was correctly done. However, in the finance department it was a bit toxic as the manager was putting unnecessary pressure on the workers.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

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

    • 3/5
  • 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?

    • I really did enjoy the first half of my placement. However, after changing department and moving into the audit department, I felt like I was neglected by my managers. Whenever, I asked for work, they would give me work that could be done in less than an hour. Therefore, at times I would find myself just sitting around without any work even if I asked for more.

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

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

    • 2/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at PwC

    • 3/5
  • 7. Would you recommend PwC to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to PwC

    • Do not let others step on you. Keep asking for work even if you feel like you are bothering them. It leaves a good impression of you!

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Audit, Accounting

International

September 2023

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