Overall Rating
3.4 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
2/5
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Overview of Role
3.3/5
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Skills Development
3.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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Company Culture
2.5/5
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Overall Experience
1/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Interned with the tax team at Pwc where I was assigned to the Large Corporate team. On a day to day basis I was given some work such as excel formatting, powerpoint presentations, or calling HMRC. I also shadowed some people, was involved in some client meetings where I was asked to take notes etc. There were also plenty of team socials and activities with other interns such as a project that we presented to a client.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
A little - mainly I was doing fairly menial tasks either on excel or powerpoint. I was given some responsibility to call HMRC on behalf of a client, occasionally I drafted emails to clients but these were usually altered quite heavily before being sent out. We did complete a presentation with the other interns in which we were given responsibility to organise the team and run the project exactly how we wanted with little intervention from our helper.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
2/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I gained a little bit of knowledge of the tax landscape and got an understanding of what the team do and what I would be able to do if I got a grad job offer. Developed teamwork skills, research skills and presentation skills as I was involved in a project with the other interns. Was expected to take notes in some meetings which developed my note taking skills. Learnt just general skills about how to behave in an office environment.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
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?
3/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
3/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
A bit, everyone is assigned a buddy who works in the team who is your point of contact at all times. They were great and were very happy to help with questions I had throughout the internship and generally when I was doing work for people they were very happy to help out if I asked. Only problem is I was given very little work to do
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
3/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
The general atmosphere is very good, we have flexible working hours and summer working hours which allows you to leave at lunchtime on fridays in July and August. You don't feel monitored like you're lunch breaks are being recorded or anything. The company culture is good too they seem to be very ethical and upfront about everything. There are plenty of paid for socials as well either going out for lunch with the team or coffee.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Personally I didn't really enjoy the internship at all. Plenty of the other interns did though which is important to note. Tax definitely isn't for me and I worked that out quite quickly. I also spent a lot of time with nothing to do which was quite tiring. Everyone is lovely and approachable and happy to help but just the actual work that I completed and the work I saw others doing I was not interested in and I won't be coming back.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
2/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at PwC
1/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend PwC to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to PwC
It's definitely worth applying to PwC for an internship as it's only a short amount of time and it gives you good experience and a good sense of whether this would be a good fit for you. If you are applying for a grad role or a job though I'd make sure you know about the field you're getting in to and make sure you actually could see yourself enjoying that.
