Audit Intern Review

I greatly enjoyed my internship - I was given a great deal of responsibility and always had people willing to give me advice and help when required. In addition to this, I was able to socialise a great deal and build up a network which was priceless. Overall, it was very worthwhile and I have recommended it to a lot of peers in university.

My colleagues - especially my audit team for 4 weeks of the internship - were fantastic. They were always there for me, asking me if I had work to do or helping me with any issues. In addition to this, they gave me great tips and treated me as an equal as opposed to somebody they had been stuck with for a month. On my final day they treated me to a fantastic lunch. A great team.

A lot of support - especially from my counsellor who was always checking up on me and asking if I had jobs and a team. I would note that although there was a lot of support, you had to be very proactive as otherwise you would have no work to do or people to shadow, though this was again emphasised by my counsellor, who seemed very happy with my proactivity.

For the initial 2 weeks, I was unassigned and so was working regular hours, doing odd jobs for whoever had things for me to do - I would regularly ask colleagues for spare work to complete. Additionally, I spent time doing web based learning modules on the energy industry as well as shadowing a colleague. The following 4 weeks were very busy as I was on client site with huge impending deadlines to meet, therefore I would be working up to around 45-50 hours a week.

I was given a great deal of responsibility - taking full responsibility for important global correspondence and number crunching in the audit team to ensure that the correct information went out to the stock exchange for a press release. The pressure was intense though it was reassuring that the team believed in me and my capabilities to fulfil my tasks.

I don't believe that the skills I developed will assist me in my degree studies as I believe that I am already well versed in teamwork, communication, time management and leadership skills. However, I will be working in the same industry after graduation therefore the skills I developed will be able to continue development from where they left off and so I can only get better.

In the office in London, it was professional but ambiant - there was some socialising and work was completed on time. On client site, we had to be very professional to uphold the reputation of the firm as well as to get work complete quickly in an efficient manner, correctly.

The internship was generally very well set up. However, the end of internship social event suffered a slip up. Although the night was very good and enjoyable - in Madison Bar - it was initially supposed to be a blacktie event. However, through no fault of the London team, this had to change as the regional offices couldn't afford to do this and so the London interns weren't allowed to have it either which was disappointing.

There was no personal training or development per se - it was all on the job learning. Although there was an induction for 3 days at the beginning, this was in all honesty not very useful as you couldn't put lessons taught into practise and therefore it was in my opinion not ideal. However, development on the job itself was terrific and in terms of computer skills and my knowledge of the energy industry, this was greatly improved.

Offered a graduate role with EY for September 2016 intake. Certainly enjoyed my experiences and likewise, I received good feedback from my audit team and anybody whom I did work for and with, which greatly contributed to me receiving an offer. My counsellor also insinuated that he believed that I would receive an offer from what he had seen of me and this came into fruition around 2 weeks after completion of the internship.

Yes - a fantastic social scene - made many friends from all over the world - including a group of Americans, and people from the likes of Essex, Uxbridge, East London, the Midlands and also others in Glasgow who had travelled to London to work but whom I didn't know. We all enjoyed spending time with each other after work and at weekends which allowed us to form strong bonds with each other.

Very expensive. London after all. Rent was non-existent as stayed with family but transport and socialising was through the roof.

Clubs were ok - pubs were better and spent more time in flats socialising at night with friends as opposed to going out, as the cost of a proper nightlife was ridiculous for a student.

There were, however I could not due to my work in Reading on client site for the majority of my internship.