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Deloitte

Vacation Student Review

at Deloitte

Internship (1 Month+)

Audit, Accounting

Cambridge

Review Submitted: November 2021

Overall Rating

4.6 /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 - Overview of Role
4.5/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
4.5/5 - Company Culture
5/5 - Overall Experience
5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Summer Vacation Student in the Audit & Assurance service line. On a day-to-day basis, I got on-hand experience by working on audits for clients, learning about different parts of the audit process and performing most of the testing independently. I worked in various teams across the internship which made the experience really enjoyable and enabled me to expand my network.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
From the first day of my internship I was entrusted with independently completing parts of the audit for a client. As the weeks went on and I had been taught more and more, I was given new and bigger parts of the audit to complete. Overall, I would say I was given a lot of responsibility over the internship which was a very exciting prospect for me.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
I learnt to be more outgoing as working in a professional environment for the first time really pushed me out of my comfort zone. I learnt valuable team-working skills as well as how to be a dependable colleague and to take accountability for my own workload. I improved my Excel skills by using the application daily, in ways I hadn't needed to before.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
4/5
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?
I was taught a lot about audit and how to complete a variety of parts of the audit. I could easily contact my colleagues if I was unsure about anything and everyone was very happy to help. There was a very good balance of being guided through things and being left to my own devices.
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?
5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
The company culture and atmosphere were faultless. My internship was virtual, so most of the time I only met people online. Even so, everyone I came into contact with was extremely friendly and helpful. The events held outside of work hours were a nice inclusion to the scheme too. I was able to visit the office once over my internship and the office and atmosphere were even better than I expected.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
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?
4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I thoroughly enjoyed my internship. I completed other internships at rival firms and Deloitte's stood out to me by far.
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 Deloitte
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Deloitte to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Deloitte
Don't pretend to be someone who you're not during the recruitment process (this applies to any company).
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