Associate / Intern / Trainee / Review
at PwC
Internship (1 Month+)
Accounting
Birmingham
Review Submitted: July 2024
Overall Rating
4.3 /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!
3/5
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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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.
Would really depend on the client I was working on and the stage the audit was currently at when I joined the team. This would determine the roles and tasks I would carry out. Primarily, these would be things like bank reconciliations, selecting samples for testing certain FSLI items, administrative documentation etc.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Not major responsibility, but maybe on occasions. However, as I wasn't 100% sure what i was doing then it made it less so stressful.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
3/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Developed my audit skills to a much higher level than I had ever learnt at university, such as professional scepticism, judgement etc
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?
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?
Would depend on the client i was working on and how engaging the team were that I was working with. In my first client which lasted about 6 weeks, I was giving little to no work to do, and the Senior associate in charge was not helpful or willing to give training at all. However, there would be other clients that i was on where this would be the complete opposite. It really depended on the people.
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?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Again, it really depended on the client I was working on and the team I was with
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
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?
There were highs and lows, however I'd probably rate it an overall of 7 out of 10
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
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
Just take every bit of information you can and learn of it. List as much as you can, that is the best way you learn, even if its people on the team talking to each other and not to you
