Financial Services Audit intern Review
at EY
Internship (1 Month+)
Audit
Leeds
Review Submitted: July 2025
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!
3/5
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Overview of Role
3.5/5
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Skills Development
3.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.5/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
3/5
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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.
Delegated tasks from members of the FS Audit team. For example, claims testing, reconciliations, meeting minutes and smart sampling. Visited client sites with a director and sat in on meetings.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
To an extent, my work contributed to a real client project and the team trusted my work was correct. However, we were not expected/ suggested to speak up in client meetings.
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?
Technical: DataSnipper, Excel, Smart Sampling using the companies internal applications, understanding of client's business model.
Personable: Team work, working under deadlines, attention to detail.
Personable: Team work, working under deadlines, attention to detail.
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?
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
3/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
We received support but only if we required/ asked for it. Especially with admin type tasks like timesheets, expense claims and desk bookings.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
3/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
From my experience as an intern, the people were very friendly and nice both in the office and at social events. However, I got the impression that other parts of the year (Jan-March) were more stressful and caused some tension within the team. I had concerns about the unpaid high working hours in this period.
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?
3/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
3/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I greatly enjoyed working with the team and coming in to the office however I am not certain I can see myself staying in the industry post the graduate scheme. However, the internship was extremely useful and insightful, particularly as we were given individual feedback from people we had worked with. This helped me to reflect on how I can improve professionally.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at EY
3/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend EY to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to EY
Work on being a competent and curious person - this will help you stand out during the assessment centre.
