Assurance Intern Review

Yes, had a great time. Really enjoyed spending time in the office with very experienced and knowledgeable staff. One thing I really appreciate about pwc is the people that work there as I feel ensuring they employed knowledgeable and social individuals was a key criteria. It is an environment I know I would like to work in.

Felt extremely valued right from the start. All colleagues understand we are coming from a position with very minimal knowledge of the industry and that they were in a very similar position however many years ago. For this reason, they make every effort to make you feel valued during your time with the firm.

During my time, I worked with around four different teams and therefore received a range of levels of support. Some managers are very accommodating and encourage as many questions as possible. However, other managers are very reluctant to explain something more than once, so make sure you listen very intently.

Coming into this internship I was expecting a high volume of work every day and had heard horror stories from the induction about interns having to work year ends and staying in the office until past 9pm regularly. However, I felt very comfortable with my workload and was out the office by 6pm every night.

I did not expect to be given much responsibility and only thought I would be given very medial work. However, on one client visit my manager gave me the autonomy of having a one on one conversation with the client's finance director to raise queries regarding their control environment. Even in the office, I felt I was given important work to do.

I have only just finished the internship so have not had the opportunity to use my skills in my studies. However, whilst I do not feel it will aid my study skills too much. Nevertheless, I feel the immense addition to my commercial awareness will be a big help when I start back at university.

Very relaxed atmosphere. I was quite surprised about this when I first started and was shocked to see only a handful of people wearing suits. The vast majority were simply dressed in t shirts and jeans. There were also no set desks in the office and pwc employed 'hot desking' whereby you can sit where you would like each day

Extremely well organised. From the start I was given access to the firm's Intranet and on here I could access my work schedule during my time here and view the different clients I would be working with. At no point was I sitting with nothing to do, every day had an agenda.

I felt pwc invested a lot of time and resources in me. The internship started with a 3 day training inductions at a 4 star country hotel. However, this was only a small part of my learning. I feel learning of the job constituted a much larger part of my development

Very good prospects. The majority of interns will receive the job offer. They have already invested so much in you and provided you do not mess up horrendously, I see no reason you would not get the job. However, this is just my experience, but the firm does say if there is a hint of underperformance, you will not be made an offer.

Weekly socials were organised. For example, girls can play netball and boys can play touch rugby. However, there is no mixed sports. End of the month office drinks are also good fun and lots of free drink provided. We even had an audit department social to go and see a musical.

Incredibly expenpensive. Rent cost me over £500 per month and about 200 a week on living expenses. However, I worked in a very social city and would be doing something every night, often with my work colleagues. However, I am sure this does not compare to London and would recommend avoiding there

Very good but very expensive. Pints were about £5. However, starting work at 9 am every day severely restricted my time for going out. However, Fridays and Saturdays always had something going on. Even went on a few nights out with others from pwc which was good fun and very funny seeing people on Monday morning hungover

Yes, there were a lot of socials organised. More than i expected, but less than uni friends spoke of from their time with other respective firms. Whilst i felt shy attending these initially, staff are very friendly and everyone always has a good time on socials. I hope they organise more