Intern Review

I really enjoyed my internship. The people that work here are so lovely and easy to talk to, no matter the question even if its silly everyone is willing to help you. The variety of work you do is up to you so anything you want to specifically want to see or do that option is there. As well as there being cake Friday every week, there was a national intern event in London which included network drinks and ping pong in Shoreditch, and also a 2 day stay in their college in Bradenham which was really fun.

Every piece of work that you do is actually important, so you are not just pied off with the meagre jobs that no one else wants to do. After doing an audit at a client, I actually had my own pieces of work to do that were an integral part of the entire audit, and even got to speak to the client myself and ask questions, even though I was just an intern.

Although you are given work and sometimes thrown straight into it, no one Is going to let you just drown or fend for yourself. There is a great support system in the office, and you can ask anyone for help and they are willing to give it. If you need support on other things like personal matters, there is also your people manager to speak to.

This depends on what department you are in and also how busy the office was. Most days were busy but on the occasional day where nothing was going on I just worked on my intern project (that you need to present at the end of the internship) or organising our intern fundraising event (also a compulsory part of the internship)

During my internship I started off with smaller tasks but worked up to getting bigger pieces of work with more responsibility. In tax I was learning all the tax software, drafting client letters and doing clients tax comps, and in audit I was going to client offices and doing audits there, getting to speak to the clients first hand and generally feeling like I was a part of the audit, and not just on the side-lines.

As someone who has a nervous disposition, this internship has really allowed me to break out my shell and try new things that I would never think I could do. if someone said to me at the end of my 6 weeks I would of done all the things I have done I wouldn't believe them! I also hate presentations, and at the end of the 6 weeks as part of the internship you get given a small project that you need to present your findings on. When I first heard about it I was terrified, but after Bradenham (where they did a 2 day course on how to fight nerves and improve your presenting skills), I am now actually looking forward to my presentation which is something I would never expect, and I'm sure this skill will help my in the degree studies and beyond.

The office atmosphere depends on the department you are in. If you are in tax, the atmosphere is slightly better than audit (in my opinion), because everyone is office based and so you see the same group of people every day, and we would regularly bake cakes or bring in chocolates for the department. Audit however is varied, it can either be full of people or totally empty. I feel during my time in audit everyday I saw a new face I hadn't seen before. This is why I would say the atmosphere wasn't as good in audit, purely because a lot of the time you are sitting with people you haven't met before.

There were lots of events planned (3 day introduction, national event and bradenham) and most days there was work available, but there were one or two days where there wasn't many people In you would feel like you didn't have much going on and so would just try and fill your day with your project etc.

As an intern, GT want to offer you a job at the end of your internship (provided you fit their bill). As a consequence, I feel GT heavily invested in each one of us interns. We went to multiple training events, and in my Office they offered to split the internship into Tax and Audit, so you get to experience different areas in the Professional Services industry, before you fully make up your mind what career path you want to follow.

I have really enjoyed my internship at GT and hope to get an grad offer from them at the end of my internship. The training scheme they offer if you join them as a grad are really appealing and many people have told me the courses they offer with Bradenham are really good, with a good success rate. There are opportunities to try different departments if the one you have originally chosen isn't what you want, and you can even do secondments abroad.

Drinks after work were organised a few times, but its up to you how social you want it to be.