Intern insight Review

The insight programme gave candidates the chance to learn about kpmg and undertake tasks and presentations to improve their knowledge of the business and the work in the offices and when out working with clients. The experience was brief and gave a snapshot of life working at KPMG to help improve knowledge and guide me on my future career path, learning about the industry and whether it was something i wanted to take further in the future

the main aspects of the experience was listening to presentations and doing some tasks and exercises. I improved my knowledge of the recruit and assess process as we did some exercises that improved our unserstanding and i now feel i have the skills to pass stages in the process that i have found difficult in the past, for example the numerical tests and other online exercises. The skills learnt for this were helpful and a big opportunity to learn and improve

This was my first experience of learning about the different areas of the business and it was helpful knowing where i was best positioned to join the firm in the future. I realised what parts of kpmg need number skills and which need analysis or interpersonal skills for example, so i am better aware of where i could join in the future. I took this knowledge and it helped me progress further in my uni journey secure a placement

The culture seemed friendly and helpful, and it was good understanding what the offices are like as because of the pandemic it was more difficult travelling to businesses and you could not interview in the office for example. The experience here was more virtual and because of this it was harder to understand the culture despite the inherent difficulties experiencing a physical location, but there were still presenattions on this which helped very much your knowledge

Yes I enjoyed the experience however it is difficult to be more connected with expperiences during the hybrid set up, than when in an office physically. I did certainly learn new skills and as a take away, was much improved passing tests in the process both at kpmg and at similar firms, where i ultimately progressed my work experiences. I think this sort of thing has helped improve my CV as well as my own skills and understanding

Yes

It is a good place to work and investigate, as they have a lot of roles available and as i said earlier, different roles match with different skills and abilties so if you want to use numbers or be more consultative, you could join say the tax or consulting areas of the firm. It is worth looking into this and gaining an experience as the benefit is strong and can help you progress your career after