Rating

8.3/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • I was shadowing varies members of the firm in different areas, Assurance, Tax and Consulting. I helped out with any tasks they had and attended meetings with them.

    9/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • I have greatly improved my networking and communication skills, and feel I have a more in-depth knowledge of business practises

    7/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • A feel it was a useful life experience and hope it will increase my future prospects

    8/10

  • 4. How valued do you feel by PwC?
  • I feel very value as they provided lots of support and we were paid a generous amount for attending the week on top of varies freebies.

    10/10

  • 5. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were excellent, but Monday and Friday wasted a lot of time which could have been used better

    6/10

  • 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?
  • Lots of support, I never felt I was being asked to do something I did not know how to do or that I could not ask for help.

    9/10

  • 6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • A fair amount

    9/10

  • 7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?
  • Travel expenses to the base office could have been covered

    9/10

  • 8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?
  • Lots

    8/10

  • 9. Would you recommend PwC to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • Because it was incredibly useful as I want to go into finance and even if I was not interested it would have been useful anyway.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to PwC?
  • Make sure to make as many contacts and organise as many meetings as possible, make the most of the experience.


Details

Work Experience

Accounting, Business Operations, Finance

South West

August 2015


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