Assurance Intern Review
by EY
Rating
-
Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at EY
- 7. Would you recommend EY to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to EY
Overview
As an intern I worked on roughly 3 different engagements over the 5 weeks. Working as part of different audit teams on these engagements one of my most common jobs was documenting samples that would come in from the client.
Skills
The frequent use of excel has helped develop that skill as it is not something that I regularly use as part of my university degree. I have also developed my communication both spoken and written through interacting with managers on my team and crafting an email to client.
Responsibilities
Due to the need for industry knowledge, as an intern the roles and tasks that I could complete are limited. That said I was given simple documentation tasks that you could see form a basic part of the audit task. Additionally there were opportunities to go to client site and get exposure to interactions with clients.
Support & Guidance
Everyone, even those not on my team and just in the office, were open to answering my many questions. From the first day we were assigned a buddy who guided us through setting up laptops etc. and who was there to ask general questions. Within engagement teams you would normally have one person assigning you work and they were always happy to help when you got stuck.
Culture
The culture was very welcoming. We were included in wider office socials such as away days and the office summer party, even though we were only there for 5 weeks. As part of the internship we were also encouraged to take part in a fundraising activity for the EY foundation.
Your Impressions
It has been an enjoyable placement. The teams that I have been on were very accommodating with my lack of knowledge and needing to be lead through some of the tasks. It met my expectations as an internship and if offered a graduate job I would likely accept and return to Manchester.
Yes
Know that EY values the people that work there and has a people centered approach as a company. Preparing for day 1, be prepared for emails to already be in your inbox but know that you are not expected to dive into the deep end, they expect that you are going to take time to get set up and grasp all the different aspects of starting at EY.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Audit
North West
July 2022
