Assurance and Public Services Summer Intern Review

I thoroughly enjoyed my summer internship at PwC; both from a work and social perspective. The work was varied and meeting a range of clients was very interesting.

My colleagues were welcoming and friendly from the first day onwards and I was treated in the same way as a normal full time employee of the firm. I believe that I integrated well within the office and attended social events outside of working hours.

My people manager was extremely supportive and helped out with any queries I raised. This applied to work-related issues and any other general questions about the firm or more personal matters.

The work load was varied depending on which client you were based at. Most of the time I was busy but only needed to finish work off after office hours on a few occasions.

I was given the same amount of responsibility as a first year graduate working at the firm. Naturally, the amount of responsibility increases as you gather more experience and knowledge at the firm.

I am currently completing a degree in accounting and finance and so there is a clear link between the summer internship and my undergraduate studies. However, I was surprised by how much I developed other transferable skills such as communication and presentation skills.

I was only based in the office on one day out of my whole internship due to being at client sites. However, I really enjoyed the friendly, welcoming atmosphere within the office.

The internship was very well organised. We were informed of our schedule at the start of the internship and there were only a few minor changes to the jobs I was booked to throughout the six weeks.

PwC invested a lot of time and resources to my personal development. We had a full week of training to start the internship and an additional development day in the middle of the internship.

I was offered a graduate role with the firm; conditional on receiving a 2:1 in my final degree classification next year.

The office organises month end drinks and I attended two of these events which took place during my internship. I also attended a summer barbecue with my colleagues and a night out was arranged on the final day of my internship to wish all of the interns farewell.

I was based in Cardiff which is a very affordable city. I already knew which places are good value for money as I attend Cardiff University.

Cardiff has great nightlife; whether this be in terms of pubs or nightclubs. There are lots of different places to choose from and most places are very friendly.

There were many different out of office activites arranged. Most of these tended to be drinks events but there is also a PwC football team that plays matches against local clients.