Summer intern Review

by EY

Best Student Employer

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.3
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Assisting an audit team on an EY client. I helped with the half year review (limited assurance opinion) and reviewing the client’s controls and processes to prepare for the end of year audit


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Technical knowledge of audit, communication skills


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes, I helped with lots of tasks to prepare for the year end audit. However, seniors in my team were always approachable and happy to answer any questions I had


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • My team supported me throughout, and I also had a buddy (graduate in first year of work as an informal contact) and counsellor (helps with career progression and recommends whether you should be offered a graduate role after the internship).


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • I found everyone to be really supportive and welcoming


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • I really enjoyed the internship, and found the work I was doing interesting. It was a little stressful during the first week because there was so much to learn, but after that point I enjoyed it more


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at EY
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend EY to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to EY
  • Be yourself and be open to learning


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Audit

London

July 2024


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