SSC Summer Intern Review
at BDO
Internship (1 Month+)
Accounting
Liverpool
Review Submitted: August 2023
Overall Rating
4.7 /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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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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.
Spent some time in 3 different departments, learning key accounting practices and training in various softwares and the services they offer.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
The work was largely accompanied if it was live, or it was a training/demo case to practice and learn from.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Developed existing professional and personal skills such as communication, time management etc.
Learnt new, practical skills such as technology, accounting specific etc.
Learnt new, practical skills such as technology, accounting specific etc.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Plenty, always felt comfortable asking for help and assistance, or checking over week that I had completed to make sure it was correct.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
5/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Exceptional - exactly what it was described to be and more. Always felt comfortable and welcome.
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?
Really enjoyed the whole internship, plenty of variety to keep things interesting and lots of support available throughout.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at BDO
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BDO to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BDO
Do your research on the company - its values, the culture, the services offered to clients', the purpose etc
Be yourself through the application/assessment process and while you are there, ask as many questions as possible you are there to learn.
Be yourself through the application/assessment process and while you are there, ask as many questions as possible you are there to learn.
