Risk Advisory Intern Review

I enjoyed my internship due to the location, people I worked with and responsibilities I was assigned. Also, multiple events from the internship committee played a big role in helping me to understand more about company culture and growth opportunities within the firm.

My responsibilities ranged from small ad-hoc edits to presentations to independent due diligence assignment. Having a chance to present to director in charge of the project, I feel that my work and commitment was highly valued by the engagement manager.

The support was extremely well organized within EY: I had a counsellor for development and motivational growth, a buddy for immediate questions, internship committee for logistical support. Also, each of the teams I was assigned to always showed me great support throughout my internship. Motivated fellow peer interns played a significant role as well.

I would say that the initial amount of work usually is not that much, since the line managers don't want to overwork their interns. In my case, I tried to ask for more responsibilities in order to learn the most out of my experience. Thus, staying a bit later at office or client site was an usual occurrence that I didn't mind doing.

Again, my irresponsibilities varied from project to project, but I tried to actively seek additional responsibilities. EY staff was always passionate to provide me with further work, sometimes just for the purpose of my personal development.

I believe that I learned more soft skills during the internship rather than technical, as most of my work differed each week. One of the interesting things I learned is the bigger picture and variety of advisory work.

Atmosphere was friendly and work efficient, as the open desks helped me work more closely with teammates. But working in advisory meant travelling to client sites more than half of the times.

The organisation of work and its variety was solid, as each sub-department had a senior manager responsible for interns. Also, there was a checklist of tasks that interns were recommended to complete, which fostered active seeking of responsibilities.

Company invested a lot, as I had at least 4 mentors who I was reaching out at the same time, Furthermore, the training courses that were required helped me understand not only more about the concepts of teachings, but about the investment the company puts in for its employees.

The future prospects are somewhat straightforward as the promotions depend on time spent in the service line and professional qualifications. Later on the more senior positions are harder to climb up.

The social scene depended a lot on the friends that were made during the first week of introductions and training. Later on, as everyone is more caught up work, we don't get a chance to see each other as much. The CSR events are great bonding opportunities.

London is expensive. Sometimes there are some social events happening close to clients sites that an engagement team would attend. Those tend to be cheaper. The events by EY in London are well-organised and are in great locations.

London nightlife is great, as there is variety of clubs and bars throughout Shoreditch and Soho areas.

EY had a specialized platform for its employees to get involved in CSR activities. It worked similar to a job search platform and was fairly easy to navigate through.