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
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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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.
Using financial statements to check and correlate information given by other companies in different sectors such as real estate, NRES, professional services and more
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Responsibility level depended on the sectors you were in. Some were high some were low. It also depended on the clients you were placed on.
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?
I have developed my accounting software skills and my excel skills. My calling and casting , drafting and updating. Essentially how to use previous year information to make sure the current year aligns.
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?
I had support and guidance every single day of the internship and when I wanted it. It wasn’t micromanaging either. It was helping to understand and allow you to work at a pace suited to your understanding.
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?
Amazing culture. Professional but lenient. You work at your own pace as long as the work is done before the deadline. It is a sociable environment in audit. Absolutely redefines what accounting is. You want to come in and actually work.
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?
There was nothing I didn’t enjoy. There are sometimes where you don’t get client work as you may not be on the client long enough but it’s often very rare and you still gain the experience of shadowing and understanding.
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 BDO
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BDO to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BDO
Be yourself. Come with an open mind. Apply in advance. Network and go onto insight days and programmes with the company prior. Apply for their brand ambassador role. Get them to notice you. Work hard. Remember that you don’t have to have perfect grades or be the perfect person as long as you treat people how you want to be reseated.
