Audit Review

The work itself was quite laborious and didn't interest me. Perhaps for others the work may stimulate them, however looking through accounts day in day out was not for me.

Grant Thornton do their best to value each and every member of their company. From day one you do feel valued, and like they want you to be their by putting you straight into training and then full on real life work scenarios

My line manager struggled to really keep up to date with what I was doing until my final client visit when I was working alongside them. Grant Thornton do have a good buddy system whereby you get to meet one person from the firm that'll be closer to you in order for you to relax into the role.

Some if the work is very skilled so there is a limited amount that you can start doing on your first few days. However, once you pick up the basic knowledge work is inevitable and comes at a steady pace for any intern. Grant Thornton also like to keep you involved with charitable work, so I found myself each week running a charitable event such as a cake sale. These also keeps you busy during the quieter hours. I do think that perhaps they could find more work, or shadowing, as this would help to further your interest and knowledge.

Not a lot. As I mentioned there is a limited amount you can do, and therefore get stuck with the same thing on every client you work with. In this sense the work can become very tedious. Although, when working in your first client, you do get a kick out of it knowing that the work is for real paying clients.

During my time at Grant Thornton, you do learn a lot about yourself and were you weaknesses and strengths lie. They do keep in up of this, and help you to set goals so that you can overcome those weaknesses and improve on those strengths. The skills perhaps learnt during the work side of things were useful, as it is quite vital that you not only understand how a global business operated but also some simple bit effective accounting knowledge - which can be transferred into a large majority of work scenarios.

The general atmosphere was good, and everyone was very chatty and friendly. You weren't to hesitate to go and ask for help on some work of you needed it, as everyone would have helped.

I had a plan from day 1 so everything went swimmingly. Although a couple of things were cancelled, I was quickly directed back on to some more work to keep me fully involved. I also had a good set of taster days in different departments and worked with a variety of clients.

During my internship I had the change to go down to Bradenham manor which is the companies head training centre. We were fully involved in not only skills that would help us towards our work, but for future career paths. I also had the change to sit down with my buddy for a couple of days and get to grips with the pure basics of the work, which was very useful.

For me, no. The work itself was very tedious and did not suit my personal character. I did although get the opportunity to experience other sectors in the accountancy world, of which did interest me, but I would not go back to Grant Thornton.

I got on really well with the other interns in my office. We were always planning lunch and drinks in the evening, so we could discuss what we had done and what we could get more involved in. We also had a night out, which is always a great way to get to know people.

I lived from home so can't really comment on this.

Again, only experienced one night out, of which was in Bradenham with other interns. The quality was poor, but the company was excellent!

Yes & no. There were plenty of opportunities to go and play sport, or get involved with charitable events, however they took place outside work hours so I was unavailable to attend due to my transport to and from the office.