Overall Rating
4.1 /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
4/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.3/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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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.
Complete testing of samples picked by the team to see if the transactions that the company records are genuine and accurate.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, quite a lot of responsibility for the work you were carrying out. However, there was more than enough support available should you struggle to complete certain tasks.
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?
Learned lots of Excel skills as a lot of the work is done on 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?
4/5
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?
Lots of support and guidance from people of all different hierarchical grades. The environment was very supportive.
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?
As mentioned, very supportive. People are very friendly and as a lot of the work is done in teams, you work closely with your seniors and their seniors too.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
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?
I did enjoy many aspects of the internship, including travelling to client sites and working from both Edinburgh and Glasgow offices. The methodology of the work is enjoyable, although audit in general can be rather repetitive and dull.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
3/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at BDO
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BDO to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BDO
Be aware of what the values and wider purpose of BDO are as they are an important aspect of the selection process. This is certainly a good thing as all those with whom I worked, I could tell did subscribe to them and this meant that the environment and culture was very supportive and it was easy to build relationships with people who share those values.
