Overall Rating
3.8 /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
4/5
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Skills Development
3.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4/5
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Company Culture
3.5/5
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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.
I pick up tasks from more senior members of the audit, such as invoice testing in order to determine if there are any problems with the payments, but mainly making myself available to help with anything I can to try to help team member with their workload
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
As audit is highly regulated all my work was required to be checked and I have not spoken to audited entities yet but I do feel valued in the team
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?
The main skill I have learnt is to communicate my thoughts and opinions as well as to ask questions. The nature of my degree means I spend most of my time working alone which greatly helps my own problem solving skills and means I trust myself to deal with problems but the internship has taught me to ask questions to the team
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?
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?
Regularly help from colleagues sat around me as well as a week long induction with the first two days a general introduction to the business and the final three days was a introduction to auditing which helped familiarise me with the software and some of the terminology
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
3/5
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?
I felt as though most people I could approach and ask for help but I mainly spoke with colleagues who were also trainees as they had more recent experience of being in my position and they were all very helpful
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?
4/5
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 found it a very good insight into the world of auditing and it has helped me discover more about the things that I want to get out of my future career for which I m grateful of.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
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
Do look into the business online and determine whether it is the right place for you eg if your values align with theirs and take your time with the application as there is a temptation to rush through the application
