Intern/Trainee Review

by PwC

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

8/10

1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

Took part in normal auditing day to day tasks, such as the planning tasks of an audit and then mostly focused on testing areas of financial statements

8/10

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

Skills developed = excel skills and IT skills, organisational skills, teamwork skills and working with others, time management, working under stress, testing audit technical knowledge, working with a deadline, communicating with professional clients, professional scepticism

9/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

Work was extremely stressful at times but worked with good people and completing work felt rewarding. Also good to see progress in my own skills and abilities

7/10

4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

Very well organised programme with clear instructions, timings and a lot of suitable support provided by the company

9/10

5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

As mentioned, we always had a variety of different supports available to us

8/10

6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

The support provided by the training provider was less useful than the actual company support but still suitable for me to complete my placements

6/10

7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

I feel this training and programme is extremely useful at allowing me to perform better in my role. However, this is due to work done whilst away from the training provider mostly

8/10

8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

Yes there are many social activities and other events/programmes for us to take part in during our work which were advertised to us and we were incentivised to join in with

9/10

9a. Would you recommend PwC to a friend?

Yes

9b. Why?

A well organised company with a good culture and full of good people

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to PwC?

Be ready for stressful times and an immense amount of workload