Summer Intern in Private Client Tax Review
at EY
Internship (1 Month+)
Tax
London
Review Submitted: July 2026
Overall Rating
4.8 /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!
5/5
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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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.
As a summer intern in tax, I was in 5 days a week to understand how private client tax works, sit in and shadow meetings, complete admin and research tasks but also gained a deep insight into complex tax issues and restructuring. On a day-to-day basis, we also had the chance to organise coffee chats with other employees of all seniorities, meet other interns, complete onboarding training modules, join in on socials and engage with our counsellors and buddies on advice for the internship, ongoing feedback and building a relationship with them.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given quite a lot of responsibility during this internship, although a lot of it was initial drafts of emails, documents, client-facing admin and spreadsheets, I could still see the impact this had in the bigger picture and saw the final result of what my work contributed towards. I also got to join an in-person client meeting in my second week to take minutes and draft follow-up emails for, which was a really good experience, especially as someone just joining the firm.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Refined my Excel skills and developed my analytical, collaboration, active listening and taking on feedback skills.
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?
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?
We had a counsellor and buddy who gave us feedback throughout and ensured we were supported and integrated into the team well, even took us out for lunch. The other team members were also very supportive with any tasks they gave us or questions we had.
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?
Really friendly and the perfect balance between professional and welcoming. Everyone was really approachable, even those more senior than our buddies and counsellors. My team especially made a strong effort for us to integrate ourselves within the company.
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?
3/5
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?
Really enjoyed it, a lot of the tax-specific knowledge I gained was new for me so I feel more informed about the sector and I really enjoyed all the team socials like the corporate responsibility day, lunches and rounders team-building social. The tasks we were involved in also felt really rewarding to do as they felt like proper complex tasks, rather than smaller tasks that weren't used by the team.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend EY to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to EY
Put yourself out there in terms of getting to know interns and also other employees, even approach partners and make use of the month experience.
Try come in everyday as sometimes you get given more work as employees see you in person, rather than just knowing you are online virtually.
Get all the onboarding done first week so you have more time to do tasks as the weeks go on.
Try come in everyday as sometimes you get given more work as employees see you in person, rather than just knowing you are online virtually.
Get all the onboarding done first week so you have more time to do tasks as the weeks go on.
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at EY
5/5
Did you receive an offer to return as a graduate?
Waiting to hear
