Audit Intern Review

Item: Audit Intern at Grant Thornton
Rating: 4.7
Author: Anonymous

at Grant Thornton

Internship (1 Month+)

Accounting

Edinburgh

Review Submitted: November 2022

Overall Rating

4.7 /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 - Overview of Role

4.5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Real life office experience where you are involved in current tasks such as internal audit planning meetings, going on site to meet clients and performing audit tasks using audit software.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Yes I was given specific audit sections in a large audit which was sent to the clients. I was involved in internal planning meetings with directors and partners and met clients in person on site

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?

Yes, I learnt and developed many audit and general accounting skills as well as networking experience. Gave me more confidence overall in workplace endeavours

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

4/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

Some support. During a busy period so some other interns struggled for work. Personally I had plenty of guidance and help from coworkers

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?

5/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Very friendly and chatty. People were genuinely interested in me as a person and everyone got along. Partners directors were not hidden away and regularly talked to everyone and got involved in smaller tasks