Top 75 trainee interview: KPMG

To kick off National Apprenticeship Week, Zak Jakubowski talks to KPMG apprentice, Abdul Hassan who is currently on a six-year 360 apprenticeship at the Big Four firm

Hassan, 21, from London, joined the firm two and a half years ago straight from school and is almost half way through the 360 apprentice programme which runs for six years. For the first three years he rotates around service lines for six to nine months.

‘What attracted me to KPMG and accounting was the rotational programme which shows the entire business,’ explained Hassan.

'I did not know what I wanted to be when I was younger, but I knew I wanted to work in finance, and accounting.

‘It is one of the biggest accounting firms in the world and they have hundreds of different service lines. This programme allowed me to see different parts of the business to make up my mind.

‘I also like that the partners come from very humble backgrounds and it shows that anyone can make it right to the top at this company.

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