SVS Intern Review

I have abolutely loved my placement, it has definitely mde me want to apply for a graduate position here!

The team I was in was very close knit group and were more than welcoming when I first started and seemed very keen to have me working with them.

Every question I asked was answered to the best of the teams ability and they were always there to help me with issues and queries I had with the job, even if I did ask loads of questions!

Never bored or felt over-run by work, my team would never give me more work until they knew I was almost finished with the previous job at hand.

Obviously due to that nature of the job I couldnt be given ultimate responsibility, however I was given enough to feel like I was a trusted part of the team and felt they were never looking over my shoulder.

A huuge extent! I have learnt how much more beneficial it is to do a job in practice rather than just learning about it in theory, its applying the knowledge on a regular basis that makes the theory so much easier as you can think of past experience to make the most suitable decisions.

The atmosphere was generally always upbeat however there were certain times when everyone in the team knew that a lot of work had to be done in a small amount of time, so everyone cracked down and did it.

Never had a problem with the set-up, there was constant communication between the recruitment department so you always knew what was going on!

I felt like Deloitte have invested £1,000's into me through training, travelling and accomodation. They pay internships the same as a full-time graduate so they treat you as if they want you to get the graduate job at the end so eventualy you can make them that money back in the future.

The prospects are excellent, on averagearound 85% of the internships get a full-time graduate position after their placement with the other 15% being made up of a majority not actually wanting the job, so the odds of getting offered a graduate job after are well in your favour!

Fantastic social life between fellow placements. As the requirement for my particular internship was the penultimate year of university, nearly everyone on the placement were around te 19-21 sort of age which meant you were morethan likely to make great friends and after a day of working and training are more than willing to meet up after and chat and socialise in general.

In my particular office (cardiff), the cost of the area all depends on where you want, if you know the area well you can have a lowest expenditure you could imagine however if you go to the wrong areas (and by that i mean expensive) you could have a very low social life with high costs so it pays to know the area you are going to be working in for the social life.

With my office being in Cardiff, I was very experienced with the Cardiff nightlife so I already knew the places to go on each night of the week. If you do knowthis then you can have the greatest nightlife possible (whilst working obviously)

With working in such a big city there are always going to be opportunities to have get involved with activites, Deloitte themselves have numerous sports teams to join, even if you have little experience in them they are more than hppy for to join in!