Analyst Review

I have really enjoyed my 12 month placement at Accenture. Since almost all roles are client facing, a quality you must have is to be extremily personable. Hence everyone you work with are very approachable and lovely people! Also the variety of roles and opportunities available are endless so you will definitely find a role you enjoy.

Each project I have worked on and the people I have worked with are very respectful, encouraging and helpful. Even if you are an intern or not, everyone is treated exactly the same as everyone has a responsibility in their role. People are aware that this may be your first role so will give you guidance and feedback where needed.

All interns are assigned a "buddy" on each project you work on which you can speak to about any issues you are having regarding your work or questions you have about Accenture in general. They are usually Analyst level so they can relate to you about their experiences when they first started as it would not have been that long ago! In addition, every month I have a 30 minute meeting with my manager to catch up and discuss andy issues I have, what I am doing well and what I can improve on which is really useful.

This really depends on what project you are on and what role you are doing as all projects vary. I usually have plenty to do during the day but rarely have to stay after hours to finish work. However, if you are working on a tight deadline, you may have to work slightly later to get the work done.

Majority of the roles that interns are given could be done by a graduate analyst so you will be given a proper role and responsibility. Obviously you will not have as much responsibilty and pressure as colleagues more experienced than you but your role and job is still valuable and important.

During my placement year, some of the skills I have improved/developed will be useful and applicable in my univeristy studies but even more so after university. Skills such as problem solving, working in a team and time management are essential in both my studies and after university. However other skills such as written communication and excel skills will be more appplicable to beyond my studies.

This really varies project to project. In my second project, it was non stop fun! It was a "One team, One dream" vibe even though there were 250 of us! We had lot's of team demonstrations to show the rest of the project what each team were working on so there was a lot of visability across the project. We had a great relationship with the client and had numerous social events each week. In my first project it was much more formal, however there are still team building activities and socials in each project.

You start off with an induction week with all the other interns which was good so you could get to know everyone and stay in contact before you all go and work on differet projects. HR assign you your first role, however I feel like it would be better if interns got more say/input into what role they would like to do. After your first 6 motnhs it is preferable that you move onto another role on another project. You can either speak to HR and let them help you find your next role or find one you would like through your contacts. In my experience, many of the interns contacted each other and swapped roles. Overall, I think the set up is good.

There were some training opportunities on offer for interns but interns could not be involved in all the training that Accenture offer. There is a lot of online training and learning you can sign up to and do which could take a couple of hours and then take an informal online assessment at the end. There are also non work related training you can do such as Mental Health Ally training which I did and found really interesting. In addition to this all Accenture employees get 3 charity days a year which is really good for your personal development.

I would really like to come back and work for Accenture again as I have enjoyed my placement year.

There will only be three social events organised by HR throughout the whole 12 months on placmenet which I persoanlly do not think is enough to keep in touch and I think it is important for interns to have a good relationship with each other. Luckily after the induction week, almost all the interns swapped number to we met up very regularly throughout the year.

I was in zone 1 London so everything was very pricy. It really depends where you work in London but overall London is quite expensive compared to other cities.

Central London nightlife is great! London has numerous nightclubs to choose from and even student nights so there is something there for everyone.

Out project provided acitivites outside of work such a yoga, rock climbing, squash etc. but not all prokect provide this.