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EY

Summer Intern Review

at EY

Internship (1 Month+)

Audit

Birmingham

Review Submitted: July 2025

Overall Rating

4.9 /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
5/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
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.
Assisting with audit tasks including the testing of controls, documenting evidence received from the client and agreeing figures in financial statements to supporting documentation.
Working together as a team to resolve queries.
Participating in on-line learnings as well as in person trainings facilitated by more experienced members of the audit team. Here you will learn basic concepts as well as learn more excel techniques that are valuable for your internship.
Travel to client sites to assist and remain close to the team.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
We were given responsibility to complete a variety of tasks we were set on the file and also act in a professional manner at all times, including when given the opportunity to visit client sites with the team.
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?
As excel is used quite frequently here, you will have the opportunity to build upon any knowledge you already have and sharpen those skills.
In addition, you will be using different software so you will start becoming comfortable using those.
Throughout your internship, by sitting with your team or reading different documents you will start building knowledge of audit concepts and learning the meanings of different terminology used in the job.
Also, audit requires team work and thus you will be able to sharpen your communication skills.
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?
5/5
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?
We were given a buddy who had started the year before so we could ask any informal questions and we were also given a counsellor who guided us throughout our internship. We made meaningful relationships so we could asks questions when necessary.
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?
Everyone was friendly and so helpful in answering questions. Also the support we received was quite valuable and made it a cherished experience.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I thoroughly enjoyed by experience here. Even if it was just 4 weeks, I got a well rounded introduction into audit, learning form the team and witnessing part of the audit process first-hand. Also there were many opportunities to spend time with other interns as we all had our training in London. This made it comfortable when we started working in our client offices.
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 EY
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend EY to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to EY
Research the EY values and apply to your own experiences so far as they form part of the culture here.
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