Overall Rating
3.9 /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
3.8/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
4/5
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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.
Assisting other graduates in the team and assistant managers/managers.
Day to day:
Drafting letters of engagement
Speak to / writing letters to HMRC on behalf of clients
Uploading client accounts
Background checks on clients to ensure they have legitimate businesses
Filling out financial data online to calculate the tax payable
Categorising expenditure
Day to day:
Drafting letters of engagement
Speak to / writing letters to HMRC on behalf of clients
Uploading client accounts
Background checks on clients to ensure they have legitimate businesses
Filling out financial data online to calculate the tax payable
Categorising expenditure
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Given responsibility of checking reports before they are sent to clients to spot typos and grammatical/spelling errors
Trusted to analyse client data and produce list of points that we need a client to clarify in relation to expenditure
Drafting letters to HMRC, clients
Trusted to analyse client data and produce list of points that we need a client to clarify in relation to expenditure
Drafting letters to HMRC, clients
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?
Developed independent learning, learning to question the 'why'.
Developed the ability to work with more senior colleagues
Learnt to manage peoples expectations in terms of deadlines and workload
Time tracking to fill out time sheets
Developed the ability to work with more senior colleagues
Learnt to manage peoples expectations in terms of deadlines and workload
Time tracking to fill out time sheets
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
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?
3/5
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?
I had a buddy who was available to answer quick questions and was also able to ask graduates/trainees anything I wasn't sure about.
I had a weekly catch up with my people manager which allowed me to discuss career aspirations and the objectives that I set myself.
I had a weekly catch up with my people manager which allowed me to discuss career aspirations and the objectives that I set myself.
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?
Very friendly and helpful, people would always make time to help explain things to you
People are hard working and value a good work ethic and positive attitude
People are hard working and value a good work ethic and positive attitude
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?
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?
The work was interesting and challenging which was enjoyable. No two days were the same and the team made sure to get you involved in a range of tasks.
The culture was very friendly and supportive.
The partners were all very approachable and this was something I feared might not have been the case before I joined
I would definitley be keen to join as a trainee
The culture was very friendly and supportive.
The partners were all very approachable and this was something I feared might not have been the case before I joined
I would definitley be keen to join as a trainee
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
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BDO to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BDO
Definitely apply, its a great company with plently of opportunity for development
