Student Review

I thoroughly enjoyed the insight. The main highlights were getting to meet like minded peers and the partner dinner at which we could ask 'the real questions' in a relaxed setting. However, I really was not sure as to the 'aim' of this insight. It does not really position itself as either an insight where you feel like you have learnt a great deal by the end, nor are you assessed as though it is another round to a summer internship. As I said, it was a great experience, but I don't think I learnt all that much more than I could have by looking online.

There wasn't necessarily the connection between the coordinators, partners and attendees which I had hoped for. We were spoken 'at' a lot of the time and the coordinators took to sitting at the back of the room rather than interacting with us. Also, throughout the process we were not given a direct point of contact and instead had to ring the general helpline. This made it a great deal harder and less personal

I didn't really feel like guidance was an outlined aim for PwC. Most of the activities we took part in were focused on independent learning and then they would come in at the end to 'assess'.

We were given a group project to debate and I guess that just working as part of a new team is a valuable experience. The Line of service talks we were given (I chose consulting) were very informative but the strict structure didn't allow for much interaction time

For just being 2 days long, there was a great deal of information packed in. We had two elective sessions in which we could choose areas of business (technology, commercial awareness, diversity, sustainability), a Line of Service talk (consulting, tax, assurance) and a group debate project (there will always be a gender pay gap, we need HS2, the cloud is innovative and safe).

Everyone was there to learn and the people selected really were a very high caliber. Therefore the interaction between us as attendees was great but there was a clear divide between us and the PwC coordinators.

PwC tried there utmost to provide us with as much information as possible which really showed they were invested in us. The fact that they managed to pull together so many partners to have dinner with us (maybe 12?) shows that they really believe in giving us the best opportunity to get to know the company.

This is where the insight excelled. Basically, if you come away still not knowing what PwC does then that failure lies squarely on your shoulders.

As well as all the sessions we had, we also had general talks from all the lines of service about how they perform on a national and international level. Because the people giving these talks tended to be younger employees and the partners at the dinner were older, it gave you a great sense of how the company changes for you as you 'climb' up the ladder

They discussed the qualifications you could gain, the secondment opportunities and transferring across the different Lines of Service. So yes it was helpful

I was reimbursed expenses

Yes at the partner dinner

Less 'events' given the tight timescale. But the opportunities were there to really make a good impression

I learnt about the flexibility of PwC when it came to travel and time off. I guess it was more about how they fit around your schedule

In terms of getting a step up on everyone else applying for a summer internship/graduate role it really is invaluable. I was contacted pretty much immediately after inviting me for a senior interview for a summer internship next summer. They really could have taken the opportunity to develop our skills and mold us into future leaders but instead spoke to us about the company which most people had already had to research to get to that stage.