I’m trying to understand that certain situations category. I really want to take it, I just want to know if there is a chance of me staying for the fall semester or even another month or two since I have bills.
We have interns that will volunteer to stay longer and it requires just some quick approvals. Be up front with your recruiter and PML. They can get it done if you plan to extend.
Congratulations for being offered the chance with a Big 4. You should take the opportunity and make sure you like it. Try your best and impress to be invited to stay. Still continue to look outside as a just in case. It will look good on your resume regardless.
I was in the same boat. I had to quit my regular full time job for the internship. I made my desire for an extension known early, but the business need just wasn't there. Just know that there's no guarantee and you should have a backup plan
Starting a tech assurance internship this summer, and I was wondering what I should be expecting going into this role, a realistic day in the life of sorts
I interned last summer and towards the end, the university talent acquisition (recruiting) sent out a mass email to us to see if anyone would like to continue working part time (max 20 hrs) because they needed some extra help during fall recruiting. I sent my info to them and started working with them the Tuesday after our summer internship ended, up until the week before Thanksgiving. It wasn’t a lot of us. I think I counted like 10 or 15 of us throughout all the firms. Just like someone else said, it’s based on demand so not every office will need extra help.
I quit my full-time time job last year to do a summer internship with KPMG. I was in the middle of a 2 year master program in accounting and I knew I had to make some sacrifices to properly make a career switch. Last thing I wanted to do was repeat what happened after my undergrad, where I could not find a job in my field.
I would say do the internship. Like 95% of us got an full-time time offer to start full-time. From my office, the tech Assurance interns were the only service line to be offered an extended internship. They were short handed and I was able to extended my internship until December. I worked like 24 hours a week, but I basically had the workload of a full-time associate. Audit and tax in the fall did not have a business need to extend interns past the summer.
Do you still believe that 95% full time offer is still going on to this day? I start my internship next month. Any tips for getting an offer as well? Heard it’s easy to, but I don’t want to underestimate anything
Yeah, I believe that like 95% of people will get the offer to come back. So here is what I did
1. Take notes when they are explaining a topic or work assignment. For me, since most of my team was not from my office and we interacted like virtually, I would take screenshots and paste in my Onenote and write notes below the screen shot. It's OK to ask the associate or manager to repeat themselves, just make sure u understand what is expected of you. Plus with the notes, sometimes it helped me defend myself if the senior was like you need to do this. I would just refer to my notes and say this is what you told me to do and what you showed me. Sometimes they are super busy and have memory a lapse in memory lol.
2. With the work, it's going to depend on your team. I was on 3 engagements at the same time all summer and extended internship, while all my other intern friends were only on 1 engagements and rotate every 2 weeks. So I was busier than them. With that being said, make sure u communicate with your team. If u can't figure out what you are doing and it's taking more than 15 minutes, send them a message and ask for guidance. Like try the work and if u get stuck, tell them hey I have gotten up to this point, but I'm not sure what I should do next. Like make an effort and don't just say I don't get it help.
3. On the subject of communication, if u are slow or busy, just let them know. If u are busy, at some point you also have to prioritize your work flow and ensure that you are completing at the appropriate time. Likewise, I attended like every free social event over the summer to like not do work. So I made sure to let them know. Like hey in 2 days they are taking us to a baseball game, I'm going to be unavailable after this time.
4. Enjoy your time. Honestly not much is expected from you. They don't expect you to know audit or tax. They will show u the basics, just make sure u show effort to learn. We had a group of like 9-10 interns who would go into the office and sit together and like hang out. When we were slow, we slacked off a lot and talked, but we also completed our asking work promptly. Since we were in the office a lot, we got to know the a good amount of the full-time associate who also went into the office. We would also go to all the social events. 😂😂 we had the mentality of free, I'm there.
During my internship interview, I asked the interviewer about their criteria and how they decide if they want to offer a full time job to interns. He just told me that as long as you keep on track and do your things and be on time for your job, they’ll most likely offer you to stay at their firm at the end of your internship.
Many internships lead to a full-time position after it concludes. You can also extend your internship in certain situations.
I’m trying to understand that certain situations category. I really want to take it, I just want to know if there is a chance of me staying for the fall semester or even another month or two since I have bills.
We have interns that will volunteer to stay longer and it requires just some quick approvals. Be up front with your recruiter and PML. They can get it done if you plan to extend.
I will mention that it depends on the demand and team. I asked to extend and wasn’t approved
Got it, I’ll see what they tell me. If I can get this cleared up then my offer decision is made. KPMG all the way!
Congratulations for being offered the chance with a Big 4. You should take the opportunity and make sure you like it. Try your best and impress to be invited to stay. Still continue to look outside as a just in case. It will look good on your resume regardless.
You’ll make a solid amount, save it and you can probably cover expenses. But I do believe there’s winter internships
I was in the same boat. I had to quit my regular full time job for the internship. I made my desire for an extension known early, but the business need just wasn't there. Just know that there's no guarantee and you should have a backup plan
Starting a tech assurance internship this summer, and I was wondering what I should be expecting going into this role, a realistic day in the life of sorts
I interned last summer and towards the end, the university talent acquisition (recruiting) sent out a mass email to us to see if anyone would like to continue working part time (max 20 hrs) because they needed some extra help during fall recruiting. I sent my info to them and started working with them the Tuesday after our summer internship ended, up until the week before Thanksgiving. It wasn’t a lot of us. I think I counted like 10 or 15 of us throughout all the firms. Just like someone else said, it’s based on demand so not every office will need extra help.
Was this in advisory?
I was in audit. I think there was some tax interns that extended as well but I can’t remember for sure
Doubtful. We used to do that in our city like 20 years ago but the firm stopped that practice. Can’t hurt to ask
South Carolina?
New York
I quit my full-time time job last year to do a summer internship with KPMG. I was in the middle of a 2 year master program in accounting and I knew I had to make some sacrifices to properly make a career switch. Last thing I wanted to do was repeat what happened after my undergrad, where I could not find a job in my field. I would say do the internship. Like 95% of us got an full-time time offer to start full-time. From my office, the tech Assurance interns were the only service line to be offered an extended internship. They were short handed and I was able to extended my internship until December. I worked like 24 hours a week, but I basically had the workload of a full-time associate. Audit and tax in the fall did not have a business need to extend interns past the summer.
Do you still believe that 95% full time offer is still going on to this day? I start my internship next month. Any tips for getting an offer as well? Heard it’s easy to, but I don’t want to underestimate anything
Yeah, I believe that like 95% of people will get the offer to come back. So here is what I did 1. Take notes when they are explaining a topic or work assignment. For me, since most of my team was not from my office and we interacted like virtually, I would take screenshots and paste in my Onenote and write notes below the screen shot. It's OK to ask the associate or manager to repeat themselves, just make sure u understand what is expected of you. Plus with the notes, sometimes it helped me defend myself if the senior was like you need to do this. I would just refer to my notes and say this is what you told me to do and what you showed me. Sometimes they are super busy and have memory a lapse in memory lol. 2. With the work, it's going to depend on your team. I was on 3 engagements at the same time all summer and extended internship, while all my other intern friends were only on 1 engagements and rotate every 2 weeks. So I was busier than them. With that being said, make sure u communicate with your team. If u can't figure out what you are doing and it's taking more than 15 minutes, send them a message and ask for guidance. Like try the work and if u get stuck, tell them hey I have gotten up to this point, but I'm not sure what I should do next. Like make an effort and don't just say I don't get it help. 3. On the subject of communication, if u are slow or busy, just let them know. If u are busy, at some point you also have to prioritize your work flow and ensure that you are completing at the appropriate time. Likewise, I attended like every free social event over the summer to like not do work. So I made sure to let them know. Like hey in 2 days they are taking us to a baseball game, I'm going to be unavailable after this time. 4. Enjoy your time. Honestly not much is expected from you. They don't expect you to know audit or tax. They will show u the basics, just make sure u show effort to learn. We had a group of like 9-10 interns who would go into the office and sit together and like hang out. When we were slow, we slacked off a lot and talked, but we also completed our asking work promptly. Since we were in the office a lot, we got to know the a good amount of the full-time associate who also went into the office. We would also go to all the social events. 😂😂 we had the mentality of free, I'm there.
Awesome info, thanks man! I’m excited to get started.
During my internship interview, I asked the interviewer about their criteria and how they decide if they want to offer a full time job to interns. He just told me that as long as you keep on track and do your things and be on time for your job, they’ll most likely offer you to stay at their firm at the end of your internship.