Accounting Intern Review
by BDO
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
3.3
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The Company
4.5
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The Culture
4.4
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
The placement was ok. I quickly realised that I don't want to do accounting work, so the last few weeks were quite boring since my heart wasn't in it, but in terms of a firm and placement it was good - just the wrong industry personally!
Everyone was really nice and friendly. Obviously I lacked the experience of the rest of the team, but I was treated with the same respect as anyone else. I was just lacking on the office gossip in the first few weeks!
Everything was explained in simple steps for me. I don't have an accounting background, but do have some slight knowledge and my manager and team were appreciative. I was treated as if I knew nothing, but it wasn't in a harsh way but just that everyone made sure I knew what I had to do etc.
Not at all, I had about 3 hours work a day and use to just drag this out across the hole day
Not at all really, it was all just simple excel calulcations and data entry to be honest -- however its an internship so you can't expect too much responsibility.
I learnt so much about accounting and the training has set me up nicely for an accounting dissertation. However, I won't be going into accounting at all, so it won't help me personally, but it potentially could of really helped me
The Company
Everyone was really chilled out and relaxed. I was working over the Olympics and everyone would be streaming it while at work, or dicussing it. It was a really fun environement to be in - the Euro Champions were on too, so there was a lot of pub talk going on!
It was a case of the team knew I was coming, so a few weeks before I arrived they started putting work towards one side for me. However all the deadlines were beyond my working period so I had a lot of hand over meetings in my last week, as opposed to finishing off projects and seeing the final version/product
The firm train you up really well. This was a really good placement if you want to go into accounting, its just a shame the industry isn't for me
Flexi Time
Subsidised Canteen
Company Car
Subsidised/Company Gym
Got a job offer, but I turned it down
The Culture
We use to go out on Fridays for a few drinks and then onto a club, they were a good bunch. Your training is all together at the start so you get to know everyone across the firm
Amazing - but it is costly in London
London was really expensive, but totally worth it!
There were a few sports events played against the top 4 graduates. The graduates are really sociable and its easy to get yourself invited to their nights out. If you organise something, a ton of people will be up for it.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Accounting
London
November 2012
