Audit Summer intern Review
at BDO
Internship (1 Month+)
Audit
Guildford
Review Submitted: August 2022
Overall Rating
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!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
3/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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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.
Working on executing audits for a number of different clients in all different sectors. Liaising with team members and completing workbooks. Also worked on a group presentation.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Were responsible for our own workbooks but they were checked by managers or equivalent.
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?
Have developed my organisational and time keeping skills. Also my teamworking skills were improved both on project work and in our intern groups.
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
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Everyone on my team was very helpful
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?
4/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
When teams work in the office together there's a good vibe. Not a huge amount of social events. Most were organised by us interns.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
4/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
1/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
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 really enjoyed meeting the teams and the other interns. I was not expecting to be on such big clients on week one but I thoroughly enjoyed that.
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 BDO
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BDO to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BDO
Go into it with an open mind and be prepared to be challenged from the outset.
