Audit Intern Review

I found myself enjoying it more and more. At the start of the internship I was a little bit worried that I wasn't going to be able to learn fast enough but as I got more comfortable, I enjoyed it more.

I feel that my colleagues really valued me as a team member. As soon as I joined the team, they were looking for my opinions and input and they really listened to what I had to say every day. To have my opinions valued really put me at ease when working in the team.

My manager regularly met up with me to talk about my progress and to set out goals for the next few days or weeks. I felt that this was a good way of keeping track of my progress and also a really good way to ask for advice. I could also ask anyone in my team including my manager for help if I was unsure about anything.

I didn't feel like I was too busy but it varied from day to day. I'm glad to say that the majority of the time I was given work that I could keep on top of and if I couldn't I could have a quick chat with my manager to discuss the problems that I was having.

To be honest, it started off quite slow as they needed to find out what I could do and how I worked independently but I was gradually given more and more responsibility as the internship went on. This was understandable as I was just new.

The skills that I have developed will really help me in the future. Some of the things that I improved I wasn't really comfortable with before like working effectively in a team but I feel that the internship has strengthened this to the point that I can say I love working in teams.

I thought that it was the typical office atmosphere. Lots of people busy working on their computers and it was generally quite quiet. I still had the freedom to move around the office though so it wasn't too restrictive.

A couple of months before the internship started I was sent emails informing me of what the internship would be like and how to prepare for it. These emails continued until I started on the first day. I felt that this really helped me to prepare much better and it's a really good idea to do all of the preparation before the first day instead of messing around with these things when real work could be done instead. This level of organisation continued throughout the internship.

They gave me training during the first week of the internship to make sure that I had all of the skills that I needed to succeed and make an impact. I was also offered additional training online if I needed it.

I was offered a graduate role with them!

On the whole I got along very well with all of the other interns. There were quite a lot of us so I didn't really get the chance to get to know as many of them as I would have liked but I've added them all on Facebook and we keep frequent contact.

It wasn't really as expensive as I was expecting thankfully but it wasn't really that cheap either. It's somewhere in the middle of what I was used to back at home.

The nightlife was really good. I was quite shocked at the choice that you get here. There's really so many clubs that you can go to. Just a shame that I didn't have enough time to visit them all!

I went to a couple of the events that the company set up for the interns. They were a really good way to get to know the other interns a bit better and to improve my professional network.