My Semester Internship Experience at Crowe Horwath LLP.
I am a final-year Computer Science student at Bennett University. In my 7th semester, I was given the chance to work as a Data Service Intern in the Data Service team at the Crowe Horwath LLP India branch.
How did I get the Internship?
After all the three years of learning and experience, my goal was to be placed in an organization where l could contribute to the best of abilities towards the growth of the company. Prior to Crowe, there were quite a number of companies that came to our prestigious University to get the students of B Tech placed. My goal was only one that I want to get into a big MNC.
When I heard about Crowe being a part of the placement process of Bennett University, my aim was to put together all the hard work and learning through the years and give my best not only towards being selected but after being placed as well. Initially, the company informed the students about the entrance test and the fact that thousands of students will be participating in the same scared me a bit.
Finance and data analytics have always piqued my curiosity. I looked up the business on LinkedIn and also did some research on it on Google and different job-career websites. I was aware of what they did and the many fields in which they worked. My goals and potential career paths were compatible with the organization and work. I choose to apply.
After a resume shortlisting stage, the shortlisted candidates were required to take an online test that included questions about organizational fit and quantitative aptitude. The winning candidates were then chosen for a round of group discussions. Technical interviews were chosen for the candidates who performed well in this phase. Two Crowe employees conducted the 30- to 45-minute technical interview. A Senior Business Intelligence developer and a consultant conducted my interview. The interviewees who performed well were then invited to follow-up HR interviews, which included organizational fitment rounds. This thus sums up the hiring procedure for the internship.
About Crowe Horwath LLP :
Crowe LLP (www.crowe.com) is a public accounting, consulting and technology firm with offices around the world. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities. The firm and its subsidiaries also help clients make smart decisions that lead to lasting value with its tax, advisory and consulting services.
Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the best places to work in the U.S. As an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world, Crowe serves clients worldwide. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.
My Internship Experience :
My internship duration is for 1 year( 1st Aug 2022 to 31st July 2023) i.e my entire final year of engineering. The first month of the internship was focused on training assigned to new recruits by the firm on domains client-facing, privacy, ethics and policy, work culture and policies, etc.
After our training, the new interns were assigned to various project teams. The teams worked on various client projects, the client projects in fields like Healthcare, Banking, Finance, etc. As per the requirement of the project and the skills, the projects were allocated to each intern.
I was placed in the Project in FS Platform where my role is as a developer, as most of our clients are banks so it was interesting to work in this project as I always wanted to work with the bank as our clients and my wish came true. We daily work distributed in Sprints and have daily Scrum calls.
My role in the project was-
· Part of the Development Team.
· Coordinated with the testing team for any changes and updates to be acted upon.
· Attend daily client calls and act on changes and updates provided by them.
The tools which I used in this project were EXCEL, SQL SERVER MANAGEMENT, AZURE DATA FACTORY AND SNOWFLAKE.
I have also been given 2 bravo badges from my managers for performing excellent in the project.
Learnings From Internship:-
•Learned new technologies like SSMS, Azure Data Factory, Power BI and Snowflake
•Got to explore the corporate culture and how team projects are executed.
•Experienced in how to face and interact with clients and tackle last-minute unexpected problems and situations during product deployment.
This was my internship experience of 4 months of working with Crowe Horwath, the journey has been truly wonderful with lots of learning and exploration. Still, 8 more months to go and I am very Excited to contribute more to this firm.
