SVS audit intern Review
at Deloitte
Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Audit
Cambridge
Review Submitted: July 2024
Overall Rating
3.7 /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 Experience
3.5/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
2/5
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Recommendations and Advice
Overview of Experience
Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.
My main task was relieving pressure off of more senior members of the team. This involved completing tasks requiring less subject based skill such as admin, or sorting of data. Often my tasks revolved around the idea of adapting PY documents to suit a current year audit. In addition, I was often tasked to proof read final audit document as part of Cast and Calls. This enabled me to learn a huge amount as I was continuously exposed to new information.
What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?
There is great transparency around the business structure, enabling you to well understand the paths you may take within your career in Deloitte. They do not encourage transfer between subject areas within the vacation scheme or thereafter, which is unfortunate. This doesn't end up being that unfortunate due to shared office spaces and connections you are encouraged to make with those on different teams. There is constant reinforcement of company values which maintains clarity of what Deloitte feels is important within their workspace.
Please rate how insightful you found the insight
4/5
How would you rate the structure of the insight
4/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
The experience enabled me to both develop my technical skills and my interpersonal skills. Going into the office enabled constant exposure to a real working environment which requires quick adjustment, enabling a steep learning curve. The collaborative nature also forced me to lean into developing my professional conversational skills alongside learning the value of teamwork and related ideas. Technically, exposure to financial documents enabled me to learn a lot of terminology. With the help of people sitting next to me, I was able to greater understand these financial concepts.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate the knowledge learned around industry-specific skills during the experience?
3/5
How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?
4/5
Please rate how the knowledge learned has helped you with regards to your career development
3/5
Company Culture
How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight
4/5
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Very good. I cannot speak for all offices, as I know my office is extremely proud of maintaining such a good working environment. But it is clear to me that people actually have a strong desire to work here and really believe in what the working culture has to offer. This is exemplified in a mass of activities ran by the office and by the wider company to promote wellbeing and to connect networks of people.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the networking opportunities?
4/5
Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?
3/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy the insight?
The insight was very valuable to me. The amount of knowledge I was able to pick up in such a short time will be important to me for the rest of my career. This enabled me to maintain a sense of purpose throughout the scheme, even when work became heavy. It was also nice to have my first introduction into a professional environment, and I think Deloitte does that extremely well. I would do it again.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on the insight
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?
I was paid and reimbursed expenses
Recommendations and Advice
Please rate the future employment prospects at Deloitte
2/5
Would you recommend Deloitte to a friend?
Yes
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Deloitte
Apply as you would anywhere else. The values Deloitte hold are pretty consistent with values maintained within most professional companies, so use them. At all times prioritise what you can offer in terms of softs skills, and how nice you would be to work with as a person.
