Intern Review

I thoroughly enjoyed the 6 weeks internship experience, looking back at it I feel I can take a lot away from it, for example I will be incorporating SMART goal into my everyday life. It offered me fantastic opportunities to get involved and even talk to senior members including partners with days like the partner shadowing and partner breakfast day. I gained great insight into opportunities within EY as a result.

I felt like a valued member of a team in all the engagements I had been on. I was partaking in afternoon quizzes, after work events and even team meetings which included the executive director. One of the meetings was about each member’s personal goals while on the project; everyone took note of what I was saying which I greatly appreciated.

It was always easy to ask for support whenever I needed to, I was actually encouraged to ask more questions as no question was a dumb question. Also, it was very easy to contact a team member, we all usually sat on one table, however even when someone had been in a different location to me, I could send an email or message via skype and they would get back to me within a few minutes.

I found myself busy on most occasion, where I always had work assigned. On the rare occasion I did not have assigned work, I was able to contact my resource coordinator and she was able to get me work within a couple of hours. I feel I was kept the right level of busy and found myself leaving between 5-6, never later than 6.

I felt I was given a good amount of responsibility, but wasn’t out of my depth. For one particular task I was responsible for raising enquiries by conducting some testing which then one of my more senior team member would raise with the client. However, any work I did submit was reviewed, so there was always room for error and I did not have to stress over getting the work 100% correct the first time.

I don’t think it will assist as much in my degree, despite taking an economics degree. My economic degree has very little accounting. However, beyond studies it will definitely help, I gained a lot of technical knowledge and skill in producing and using various workbooks and admin expense testing. I feel this will definitely give me a head start of grads who may not have done an internship before.

It was a relaxed atmosphere. Usually when there was task in hand, most people would be locked in and focus on completing their task, but frequently people would converse with people sitting around them. It was a very friendly atmosphere. There was also a breakout area where you can relax and talk to anyone who was there.

EY invested a lot in me in terms of my personal training and development. On a couple occasion the senior who was assigning me the work took on a coaching role to ensure I was understanding everything I was doing and I was able to take notes on accounting terms which I had not been familiar with before.

EY invested a lot in me in terms of my personal training and development. On a couple occasion the senior who was assigning me the work took on a coaching role to ensure I was understanding everything I was doing and I was able to take notes on accounting terms which I had not been familiar with before.

It seems very appealing. Speaking to graduates and more senior members, I was able to understand about the various opportunities at EY. EY encourage quick promotion if your good enough and they don’t hold back. Also, there were many graduates who have had the chance to go abroad which appeals to me very much.

I live in London, so cost of living wasn’t an issue. However, cost of socialising is quite expensive, especially for those who are not from London and are living out. I spoke to other graduates who do not reside in London, they also echo the cost of living and socialising concerns, but London does pay slightly higher than regional offices.

There was some opportunities like the 5 a side football, however, due to such a short period of time it was difficult to really get involved in all the activities. Also, it was hard to know what sort of opportunities there were, I was told about the JP run during the induction day, but wasn’t sure on who to contact and how to get involved.