Forensic Risk Consulting Vacation Student Review

I loved it! I had interesting work to do, worked in a project room with a great team, I didn't feel I was intruding or anything, or had to be given work to 'keep me busy'. I was really made to feel like I contributed helpfully to the work. And any questions about life at the company I had were answered fully, enthusiastically and without giving me the feeling that I was asking too many questions (and I asked a lot!).

I worked in quite a small team, in a confidential room, so I had the opportunity to really get to know my team-mates, and I felt valued and very comfortable in the team. I was given real work, made to feel like I was really helping out, and often went to lunch with my team-mates.

In this respect my manager was amazing. He told me everything I wanted to know about KPMG, how to get ahead, how to maximise my exposure to influential people, even introducing me to people he thought I should meet. He explained exactly what I needed to do, for my work, and was always happy to answer if I had any more questions, about anything.

I was quite busy, but I know some other interns weren't. I think I was quite lucky in this respect. I never felt like I was too busy, but sometimes I did stay until 6 or 6.30, but this was mainly because my work came in stages, and I didn't want to leave the office with a stage half-done. I never felt pressured to stay late. Mostly I left around 5.30 or 5.45. There was one day where I had an afternoon of nothing to do, but that was because I had finished my work and my supervisor had a crisis to deal with and didn't have the time to explain the next piece of work. Apart from that one afternoon I've had plenty of work to keep me busy, but not stressed.

A fair amount. Obviously nothing major, and everything I did was checked (although that was as part of the standard QA process, so I checked other people's work too). I was trusted to deliver quality work, which my supervisor would otherwise have needed to do, and he didn't have time for it. I was extremely lucky in this regard though, as I know other interns did not have much to do, and were given grunt work, just to fill their time.

I don't think my internship helped my degree skills very much, as I study Economics, but did an internship in Forensic Risk Consulting. It definitely helped me in other ways though, learning to work and survive in the office, learning the value of accuracy and attention to detail, as well as hammering home the importance of networking. In all those ways my internship at KPMG helped immensely, but it didn't give me any skills which would impact my degree studies in any meaningful way. Still, I had a great time, and hope to come back in September 2015 as a grad hire.

It was great, relaxed and friendly.

Quite well organised, although not perfectly. I was asked to come in twice to show my passport, but the second time was called just before I was about to leave to tell me not to come, as they already had seen it. On the first day, the staff passes weren't ready for us, so we were given temporary ones, and the people who were supposed to come and pick us up from reception on our first day weren't reachable by phone, and many didn't show up, or showed up late. But in terms of the recruitment process, things went very smoothly, and once the first day teething problems were sorted, everything hummed along very well.

As I was only here for 4 weeks, there wasn't much investment, but I think the graduate scheme invests in their hires much more.

I would love to be hired here, and from what I've heard, the chances are good, but obviously I don't want to count on it.

There were drinks every Friday and lunch every Thursday, but on the whole I didn't have much contact with other interns.

Canary Wharf in London is expensive, there's no getting round it. Taking the Underground in the morning was also a nightmare.

I'm not really one for clubbing, so I'm not too sure. Imagine it's not great though.

During the internship, not that many, but the internship is relatively short. I think the opportunities are better on the grad scheme.