Overall Rating
2.9 /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!
2/5
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Overview of Role
3/5
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Skills Development
3.5/5
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Support and Guidance
3.3/5
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Company Culture
2/5
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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.
Rotated between teams and clients, completing various audit tasks
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Undertook work on real, live client engagements.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
2/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Accountancy, financial statement analysis, excel
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?
2/5
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?
Mixed, depended on what team you were in- some teams were very helpful and supportive others saw you as a burden
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?
Claimed to have this unique, vibrant culture. In reality, the office was dead and quiet. Even though you worked in teams, people communicated virtually or barely spoke with one another.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
3/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
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?
Personally I did not enjoy the internship finding the work mundane and boring, often sitting by myself with little team interaction. The office itself is pretty cool and modern but is generally empty around 3/5 days a week and often quiet. If you are more concerned with work-life balance, then BDO is good because it is generally 9.30-5.30 but the work is not stimulating and the pay is not great (30k pa in London and less at other offices, I think around 23.5k).
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
1/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
3/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at BDO
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BDO to a friend?
No
What advice would you give to others applying to BDO
Interviews are focussed on values and behaviour, do not worry too much about technical questions. Be sociable and inquisitive to get the most out of the internships.
If you are interested in audit, BDO is one of the better firms to look at as they have a mix of clients and though the culture and atmosphere is not as great as preached, it is likely better than the big 4 in that respect.
If you are interested in audit, BDO is one of the better firms to look at as they have a mix of clients and though the culture and atmosphere is not as great as preached, it is likely better than the big 4 in that respect.
