Audit Intern Review

I really enjoyed my time at BDO, it flew by and I was always busy with work. There were lots of opportunities to get involved with social activities. For example, the first week was in Birmingham where there were social activities every night and I also went to the oval one evening to watch the cricket. Everyone made me feel very welcome and whenever I worked on a new job the people I worked with were very friendly.

My colleagues were very friendly and if I didn't understand some of the work I was doing they were always happy to help and to point me in the right direction. The people I worked with were always very inclusive and didn't make me feel left out. I felt like the work I did was meaningful and people valued the effort that I put into it.

I had both a buddy as well as a counselling manager that I was in contact with frequently. It was very easy to get into contact with them to ask for work and or advice. When I was assigned to a job the manager in charge would always e-mail me to say where I needed to be and when and also explained the work I needed to do carefully and in a way that I could understand.

Yes. I was fully booked onto client jobs for almost everyday of the internship. I was always travelling around to different clients where I was given several tasks to carry out. As well as this for the few days that I was in the office for the in office team always had work for you if you asked for it. The days went very quickly as I was given meaningful work that wasn't too repetitive.

The atmosphere in the office was friendly and there were always people asking if you wanted to go for a tea/coffee break or go and get lunch. There were lots of trainees around my age and so I didn't feel intimidated and there were lots of people to talk to whilst I was working. The office was very nice and there were lots of refreshments that you could help yourself to during the day.

I was very impressed at how organised the internship was. We spent the first week with all the interns across the UK for ice breakers and training. There were lots of activities during the week and it was a great way to ease yourself into work at BDO. I then headed to my local office at Gatwick where I was booked onto work several days in advance before I had to be there. The last 2 days were all the interns again in London and so it was great to see them all again and a great way to wrap up my time there.

I had a really good time at the office and I could really see myself working there. I fit in very well with the team and made lots of friends that invited me to many social events. As well as that the work is really interesting and always changing as you are always moving from client office to client office.