Undergraduate Audit Placement Review
at PwC
Placement (10 Months+)
Audit
Manchester
Review Submitted: October 2023
Overall Rating
4.5 /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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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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.
Working in a team to complete an audit for a particular client. This would involve testing of areas of the financial statements. Requesting listings from clients and selecting samples from here to test supporting evidence. Meetings with clients, and team to discuss progress. Travel to client site for in-person discussion with client for audit queries.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given a lot of responsibility on placement. My abilities were constantly pushed however I was supporter were required when given new tasks/larger work loads. I was given responsibility to have one-on-one meetings with the client when necessary.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Learnt new excel skills. Developed communication, organisation, team-working skills. Developed accounting knowledge, and presentation skills.
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?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
4/5
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?
I was given plenty of support and guidance, but I had to ensure I spoke up when I needed it. However, I was encouraged to do this and also communicated often with my team(s) about the status of my work so they could offer support if they thought necessary.
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?
Very sociable atmosphere, in general found everyone I worker with positive and easy to speak to. More a culture of work hard, play hard - big focus on team effort to get things over the line.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
4/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I really enjoyed my placement. It was very challenging so there were times I struggled, but I enjoyed being pushed and have lots of great memories with friends made on placement
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at PwC
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend PwC to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to PwC
Research lines of service/exam requirements to understand what route you’d really like to take. Don’t worry too much about prior experience/degree background as PwC is very open to a range of backgrounds and degree doesn’t have to be directly applicable to the job. Plenty of support is provided for this.
