Assurance Placement Review
by EY
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 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
Mainly using excel to audit the numbers seen in accounts present in BS and P&L. Verifying the accuracy of financial statements presented by the client. Also involves quite a bit of client interaction in order to audit accounts.
Skills
Significantly developed excel skills, learnt a large amount of knowledge about excel and keyboard shortcuts. Developed communication and professionalism skills from querying clients regarding their accounting. Developed teamwork skills significantly from always being in an environment where you are working with a team. Also developed better attention to detail skills which is required to spot mistakes in the accounts being audited
Responsibilities
Given as much responsibility as a first year graduate would be given. This was ideal as it allowed me to learn a large amount in a short amount of time and completely experience what it would be like to have a graduate role at EY
Support & Guidance
A lot of support and guidance was received in the form of the counsellor/line manager that was assigned to me. My counsellor was very easy to approach and always able to help if I needed suppprt
Culture
General atmosphere was upon joining was very welcoming. Everyone is friendly and helpful to new joiners. Company culture is healthy with regular social events mixed in between the hard work that is put in.
Your Impressions
Enjoyed my placement for multiple reasons.I was always surrounded by friendly and helpful people allowing me to always be able to reach out to people even when struggling with the work I was given. I also enjoyed my placement as I was not limited by the work that was given. I was given sufficiently difficult work allowing me to challenge myself and make the most out of the placement
Yes
Take each stage of the application process step by step. The application process does not require any prerequisite knowledge so it is fine to progress with the stages of the application at your own pace. Make sure you understand the role that you are applying for and make sure you research EY as a company
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Audit
Scotland
June 2023
