Summer Intern Review

All employees (from staff to partners) were very nice, took time to explain things to me. My counsellor and my buddy were very supportive too. The client exposure to oil and gas companies is really good in Aberdeen, have been to 4 offices and several meetings. Cannot say that I learnt a lot about audit though, would have been good to have some training at the start.

Quite valued.

In all my jobs except for one I felt I was given support and guidance. In this one job the associates were very nice and supported me throughout, but the AM was too busy and rarely gave me new tasks or explained something to me. It is understandable, his team wasn’t that big.

On most of the days I was given new tasks right away. I also had time to do some online courses. Wasn’t expected to stay overtime, was told it would be fine I finish my task the next day (I was working hard during the day, some tasks were larger and took longer to complete).

Not that much but it is understandable due to my lack of experience.

I study financial economics and knew some basic accounting before. Cannot say I really deepened my understanding of accounting. I did learn some Excel skills (there was no training for it, I learnt it by trial and error and asking associates for help). Also improved my time management skills, worked on several tasks at the same time a few times and was able to finish them in a reasonable amount of time.

The general atmosphere was nice, both in the office and the clients’ site. Some areas of the office wer quite chatty, but it was possible to find a quiet area if necessary. The cllients’ sites had a different atmosphere as it was a small team working together in one room. I sometimes preferred it to the atmosphere in the office as you got to know other people at the clients’ quite well.

Quite well, many opportunities to work with different clients and go to internal and external meetings. The main thing that needs to be changed is the lack of training for a specific service line. Would have been nice to have a chance to work in other service lines for a few days.

Trips to London and Glasgow on the first and last days were really nice and were definitely a big investment for the firm. The local team did their best by making sure we had exposure to different clients and organised Partner Shadowing for us. Again, the lack of training was the biggest issue.

EY is a good company to work for, good work life balance and very nice people. Not sure I would come back to this division and this location later due to personal reasons and preferences. Potentially would defer an offer but still unsure about that.

Yes, the social environment is very nice. There was a summer barbecue and will be a summer ball that I will miss. the social committee is doing a great job with events and the environment is very nice. The interns’ pizza event and the fundraiser we ran were also pleasant events.

Aberdeen isn’t the most expensive city in the UK. The biggest issue is the regularity of buses but the office is moving to a new location next year so will be much easier. The costs of cafes, bars and restaurants should be similar to Edinburgh as far as I am aware.

I lived next to Aberdeen Sports Village which has many regular classes and gym facilities. In the office itself there were weekly yoga sessions, but not much otherwise. There will be a Sports Day in September. But the office is quite small so I assume it is hard to organise many clubs.