Corporate Finance Intern Review

Item: Corporate Finance Intern at PwC
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at PwC

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking, Accounting

London

Review Submitted: July 2022

Overall Rating

4.4 /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!

5/5 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.3/5 - Company Culture

4/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

First week: training and networking. 2nd-4th week - shadowing, intern presentation, assisting on client work, assisting with research and presentations.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Given some responsibility to produce work and exposed to wider projects.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Learnt more about finance and accounting. Data handling and presentation skills developed.

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?

4/5

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

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

Had a buddy and a career coach. Career coach was difficult to communicate with. Many people happy to help but had to reach out to many people to be given work. There was some structure lacking.

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?

Good culture and atmosphere- relaxed in terms of speaking to people higher above you. Diverse workplace. Some social and networking events but varies widely on team.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

3/5

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?

It provided good insight and most people were very helpful and welcoming. The internship was very self led which made it difficult to have the right amount of work to do - varied a lot between no work and many projects to juggle.