Talent Academy Review

A great opportunity to do an assessment centre but also get to practise a few AC elements before you actually do 'assessed' exercises.

HR and the partners we met really made us feel valuable to the firm and spoke in an inclusive way that made me feel like I could easily settle in at the firm.

The Talent Academy didn't really focus on insight on the firm and the various business lines but was very much focused towards self development and improving skills that will get you through ACs. The things I learnt about how to succeed at AC stage were invaluable.

My degree has nothing to do with the financial skills I learnt, nor how I present myself etc.

Very well structured, we were always kept very busy.

At first it seemed quite tense/competitive but as we all got to know each other, the atmosphere eased and I befriended a lot of people I hope to stay in touch with.

A lot of emphasis put on self development and the Talent Academy offered the opportunity to do this.

Didn't really help me understand. The only employees we spoke to were directors or already partners. It would have been helpful to have analysts present at the networking events just to get more of an idea about life as an analyst in pwc.

We learnt a lot about the company's core competencies which I guess is an element of company culture. The only other opportunity to learn about it was direct from the directors/partners we spoke to.

The academy did not really focus much on the various roles/divisions in the business but from networking I think I have a sound idea of what I want to do.

We were reimbursed expenses up to £150 (although I believe you could contact them beforehand if costs exceeded this limit)

Yes. Two networking events over 3 days.

I liked how the first event was more low key so got us warmed up on how to network before we met partners the next day. The second event had Pimms predrinks which was nice and made the event seem a bit less formal so I felt more comfortable.

Yes, this was touched on in the introduction video, and I learnt about some of these from one of the partners at dinner.

Yes. Although I would have liked to learn more about the firm's different business lines, the Talent Academy was still worth my time since I learnt a lot about myself and how to succeed at ACs.