Assurance UKI Intern Review

The internship was held on a virtual platform with a daily agenda split into speeches, panels, and group sessions to discuss a case study. These were all relevant to working at EY and the specific service lines/ regions. On certain days, we were assigned sessions to chat with a mentor and a buddy. The mentor provided support for the case study and assessed our presentation on the said case study.

Skills I think have been improved because of this internship are team-working, presenting, analysis, business etiquette, and confidence. It was a good opportunity to learn how work is done virtually.

Due to the virtual nature and that the internship was only 2 weeks, we were working on a fictional case study, however, it was designed to mimic the work that an audit team would do. Although there was no real-life responsibility given, there was still relevant experience to be gained.

We received a lot of support and guidance through the process from a variety of people to help us feel more comfortable, we could ask any questions or concerns we had to our mentors and the student recruitment team.

The virtual atmsophere was very postive, and we were given an insight into the culture from various staff members that was postive.

I very much enjoyed my internship experience. I was originally disappointed that it would not be a 6 week, in-person experience I was expecting. However, I was pleasantly surprised, and you could tell the team worked very hard to give us an interesting, helpful, and enjoyable internship experience. I also worried that I would not be able to form personal connections because of the shorter time period and virtual nature of the experience, but I met amazing people that I really bonded with.

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The application process is long and quite tough, however, the experience is worth it. If you can prove you are an enthusiastic, team-player, who is driven and eager to learn you should be successful. Experience with a company like EY will be an amazing addition to your cv and will help with future grad job applications. Also, a great internship for those who do not study relevant subjects, it's not designed for accounting students only.