Corporate Tax Summer Intern Review
by BDO
Rating
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Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
4.0
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Culture
4.0
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Your Impressions
4.7
- 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 BDO
- 7. Would you recommend BDO to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to BDO
Overview
6 week Summer internship. This was a hybrid role, where it was up to me how I split my time but going in meant increasing my interactions and learning more. The first week consisted of online training: learning about tax and the company values. I met the team when I went into the office. Work involved tax compliance, a transfer pricing project and admin tasks. I reported to my people manager and worked closely with others.
Skills
I learnt many new skills. I did not have a background in tax so learnt a lot from the internal training and resources available. Mostly it was about corporate tax, but I also gained a grounding in other types of tax. I learnt how to use the software the company used for documentation and tax work. I developed my personal skills from working closely with the team.
Responsibilities
I was initially involved in more admin tasks but through gaining exposure I learnt lots and was able to contribute meaningfully. I got involved in client work.
Support & Guidance
A good level of support received from both the bdo Early in careers team and the office that I worked with.
Culture
Friendly and welcoming. Worked on Coporate social responsibility project and had team meetings to create a good atmosphere. Diversity initiatives are widely promoted
Your Impressions
Very enjoyable - better than I expected which I believe is down to the people I worked with.
Yes
BDO is a very welcoming company and although the application process is daunting and long, relax and just be yourself.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Audit
South West
August 2022
