Summer Intern, Tax department Review
at EY
Internship (1 Month+)
Tax
Reading
Review Submitted: July 2024
Overall Rating
2.4 /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
1.3/5
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Skills Development
3.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.3/5
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Company Culture
1.5/5
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Overall Experience
3/5
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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.
Admin e.g spreadsheets
Tax returns/ mapping
Case study planning and presentation
Tax returns/ mapping
Case study planning and presentation
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
No. I was mainly given admin related tasks to fill my time but it wasn’t very sector specific so I didn’t built many skills or commercial awareness.
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?
Not really, I can use excel a bit better but didn’t receive any training for that.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
1/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
1/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
2/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
1/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Lots of support from my Buddy and Counsellor but didn’t have much interaction with anyone else. Also revived very clear, helpful lunch and learn sessions on next steps and feedback processes.
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?
2/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
My buddy and counsellor and the L1s and L2s were very friendly. Didn’t really have many interactions with anyone besides them.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
3/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
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?
2/5 - one star for my buddy and one for my counsellor. My office didn’t make much effort to set tax relevant tasks and there was only one social during my month there. I understand that it’s the Tax slow season and they had new joiners who were also asking for works, but I think it could’ve been organised better so that we were all given sufficient work. I’ve spoken to people from different offices and they’ve had a vastly different experience where they did do meaningful work despite all these things.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
2/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
1/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at EY
3/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend EY to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to EY
Research the offices throughly before you apply as it will greatly affect your experience - I suggest reaching out to new joiners to do this.
From what I’ve heard from other interns the London office has more work opportunities and a friendlier environment.
From what I’ve heard from other interns the London office has more work opportunities and a friendlier environment.
