Intern Review

The experience was extremely enjoyable.The opportunities of being able to meet and work with such diverse and successful people was so helpful in both learning and motivation aspects. Furthermore, the successful senior women that I shadowed inspired and helped me learn and develop as a businesswoman.

The EY values became clear to me from day 1, the respect that I was consistently met with allowed me to feel comfortable in my working environment, frequently being able to ask questions and so constantly learning more to my satisfaction. I was able to view the many collaborative and enthusiastic relationships within EY, which I also managed to from myself.

With the help and support of my buddy, I constantly felt as though I was being guided and supported throughout the whole experience and formed a great relationship with her. The guidance she has given me has inspired me and motivated me to become a successful working women, just like her!

The skills that I have learned about myself and have developed further such as collaboration and finding solutions to challenges, communicating with such diverse people, adapting and acquiring my skills to complex situations and working both independently and interdependently have been helpful and will assist my further studies and job roles in the future.

The experience was structured at times, however unfortunately did lack structure in places, partly due to the fact that we could not assist with too much work as it was not permitted. Therefore, at times this left us without work to do, limiting our development of learning and skills.

The general atmosphere throughout the week was such a highlight to my experience! The opportunity to constantly be around such successful diverse people and feeling like part of the EY team really helped me to make the most out of my experience and tremendously enjoy my time here. I felt supported, guided and welcomed the whole time and it has inspired me to want to work here.

I feel that the firm did invest in the development of my skills, such as the skills of communicating with different people and adapting myself to certain situations. However, this was limited due to the structure of the process which meant that I was not able to develop and extend my skills further.

I was regularly informed as well as asking my own questions of what a full role would entail within the company. From this week, I have an understanding of what a full time role would be like thanks to the knowledge and explanations of my colleagues.

Due to my own experienced throughout the week of working and attending meetings with such different people allowed me to understand the diverse and liberating culture of EY. I recognised the shared culture amongst the company and how the commitment to the EY values enabled this to be extended further.

Although the content during the day was limited, I was able to get a feel of what it would be like working for this service line. I would love to work at a company like EY perhaps even EY as it has guided me towards this career path and my interest in all different aspects of the business world.

I was able to meet other employees during meetings with my senior manger of Finance Assurance, who were welcoming and treated me as a part of their team. I would have loved to meet even more people but I understand that with the limited time of the experience, it was difficult.

The networking and social experience of the week was interesting, due to the involvement with such diverse and different people who I could communicate with, however I would have loved to meet other successful women within the business as I only met two.

I was not informed about any activities that employees can get involved in outside of work.

Yes, It was a great experience that more people should do to help guide them in the direction of their career paths and understand the different services of business and consultancy. Additionally, the promotion of female succession needs to be extended and understood further to inspire more young women to believe that they can become successful too. and this insight was a great way of showing this.