Deals, Corporate Finance Intern Review

I am an intern allocated to the retail, consumer and leisure (RCL) team within the Corporate Finance business unit within the Deals line of service at PwC. Within my role and throughout my time as an intern I have, shadowed members of my team, attended regular team calls on a weekly basis, assisted more senior team members with project tasks, had had regular interactions with other interns in other teams as well taken part in a Dragon's Den simulation challenge along with other interns from across other lines of service.

I have further developed my interpersonal and analytical skills, whilst learning new skills within leadership and project management, public speaking, adaptability, as well as self-management

In terms of actual work within the team I was assigned to, it was difficult to be given much responsibility in terms of tasks however, where responsibility was able to be given it certainly was. In terms of the Dragon's Den challenge however, there was a lot more responsibility as it was up to us to organise ourselves, conduct research, assign tasks and ultimately present our findings to the panel of Dragon's

We can regular catch up/ feedback sessions with our buddy's and career coaches, who answered any questions we had, offered advice/tips etc and helped discuss any feedback we recieved

The work culture was truly amazing, everyone was really welcoming and eager to help out or answer any questions I had, as well as putting me in contact with people from different business units/lines of service that I wanted to know more about. Generally, the work environment was really fun and inclusive.

I thoroughly enjoyed my internship, it was an invaluable learning experience that provided a deep understanding of the business as a whole and how it operates, as well as the lines of services/services they provide and within those, the smaller teams and business units. The process helped me further develop skills I already had, whilst teaching me new ones as well providing numerous opportunities for self-development.

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I'd advise anyone thinking about applying, to definitely go ahead and apply. Although the application process is rather rigorous, the opportunities that the internship provides, in terms of networking, learning and self development are invaluable for anyone looking to gain insight into working in the finance industry and an internship is the perfect place to start if you are aiming to have a career in finance.