Overall Rating
3.5 /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!
2/5
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Overview of Role
4.3/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
2.8/5
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Company Culture
3/5
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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 on testing various FSA’s such expenses of an Audited entity to gain assurance. For more junior sections typically a lot of ticking invoices.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Typically placement students are given more junior sections with lower risks. However, as I gained more experience during the placement I was given more responsibility for higher risk areas such as revenue and journals testing. But you will always be responsible for the sections assigned to you during your time on each job.
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?
Have improved the following
- Analytical skills
- problem solving skills
- Professional communication
- Analytical skills
- problem solving skills
- Professional communication
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Lots of support given throughout with people on your job coaching you at all times. Friendly and open culture to ask questions.
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?
Generally a nice friendly culture with a lot of young professionals working towards their ACA. But is quite strict when it comes to failing exams.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
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?
2/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Overall I definitely enjoyed working on various different companies in different sectors and learning how different companies are run. However, the day to day work is quite boring and busy season is very stressful.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at BDO
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BDO to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BDO
Just make sure you know how stressful the ACA is and you’re prepared to put in the work for the exams.
