Restructuring & Recovery Intern Review
at S&W
Internship (1 Month+)
Accounting
London
Review Submitted: August 2024
Overall Rating
4.1 /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
3.5/5
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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
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.
Helping the team out with a multitude of tasks to do with entering companies into administrations and liquidations, performing tasks during the process - paying out creditors, complete VAT forms, dealing with debtors - and winding up companies, as well as completing case reviews and progress reports. On a day-to-day basis, I had to complete different tasks, ranging from taking 30 minutes to 3 hours, and for a variety of different people in the team.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Apart from completing case reviews and annual progress reports, I was mostly completing tender documents for other members of the team, so there was not much responsibility there. However, when my buddy went on holiday, I was put on her out-of-office email, so all her emails on one case came to me - I suppose that's the most responsibility I was given.
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?
Communication skills, and excel skills. Developed my team skills through being part of a 6-strong intern group who presented on one of the last days of the internship. Now that the internship is coming to a close, we are very close, and the project was a great way to foster these friendships.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
2/5
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Weekly meetings with my line manager, which were very useful in knowing where I was in the intern process and what I needed to do better. Was in constant communication with my buddy, who was brilliant at answering all questions I had - even if they were silly!
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?
Very relaxed - I found it very easy to fit in to the environment, and the team is social
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?
Very much enjoyed it, although we could have been given more work
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at S&W
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend S&W to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to S&W
I would say to enjoy the recruitment process, as it is unlike any other I have done - the written task etc. I would also say get to know your team, because they are the ones you will be asking questions to, so fostering a good relationship with them is crucial.
