Audit Industrial Placement Review

by BDO

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • 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.

    • Working in different audit engagements in different teams testing financial statement areas. Picking samples, ticking in invoices, doing recalculations where fit and reviews.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • Excel skills, computer competency, time management, cooperation and communication

  • 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

    • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • A lot more responsibility than I’d anticipated, which I was grateful of. A lot of on the job learning.

  • 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?

    • A lot of support, it’s transparent BDO is a people organisation

  • 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?

    • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Really social

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

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

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

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

    • 3/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • Really enjoyed and glad I chose BDO. Have definitely had a more positive experience than peers at competitive firms.

  • 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 BDO

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend BDO to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to BDO

    • Have confidence, the work, exposure and people are great.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Audit

North West

August 2024

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