Internship Insight Review

EY is and has always been my favourite firm and hence I had lot of expectations. Luckily, none of these lead to me being left disappointed. I had a great experience, learned a lot and made lots of new friends. I became hands-on insights into what it is like to work with them and this is exactly what I wanted!

I felt really valued overall. I was astonished about how much time people spent with us, considering their opportunity costs of doing that. My internship was inventively organised. Hence, I had a lot do to and learned a lot. Despite some exceptions, everybody was nice to me and eager to help.

Support was there and I never felt helpless. I could always ask one of the advisors if something was unclear to me. However, this was rarely the case. Most of the time everything was fairly straightforward. Fortunately, we had the chance to also to students who were on the graduate scheme and employees in general to help us out as well.

I have developed important skills in the course of this Spring Week at EY. Most of the information was very career related which why I do not feel that I could apply some of the knowledge in my course. However, it was still great to see what it is like to work for the company and I think this was the main focus of this Spring week anyway.

The Spring Programme was very well structured and planned out. All activities were scheduled and left little breaks. I would recommend a few more breaks to get your mind right. On the bright side, you never felt bored and was always kept busy. This ensured to get the most out of internship.

The atmosphere was great at EY. Everyone was motivated and focussed to get the most out of the insight. It was great to see that the employees were very welcoming and to talk to us. It was not as competitive as I have anticipated at the beginning though which is a plus.

The company has invested many resources in me and I can imagine that this was not very cheap. We got presentations about career opportunities, activities were designed to get a feel for the department you applied to, senior managers took their time to get to know you and so on. Hence, the company invested a lot and I am thankful for this opportunity.

It has helped me a lot to decide what I want to do later in my life. I was not sure if I want to go into marketing, accounting or finance. Hence I gave it a shot to try out what a career is like at EY. Surprisingly I got the internship without much effort and I can envision a career at the company.

The Insight Programme at EY was very beneficial and showed me what it would be like to work there. The atmosphere was professional yet laid-back and everyone seemed to love what they are doing. Especially the chats with employees and managers were helpful to get a feel of what employees actually think about working at EY.

This internship is a great opportunity for everybody and I would recommend it. I would recommend internships generally because it provides an insight into the industry and the company which no book or article could every do. But at the end of the day, it is what you make out of it.