{"id":321203,"date":"2026-11-04T19:36:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T19:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/321203\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T19:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T19:36:30","slug":"successful-internship-leads-to-banking-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/321203\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Internship Leads To Banking Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"fancybox\" data-action=\"center column photo click\" data-caption=\"Sophia Ciabattoni \u201926, B.S. in Accounting | Audit Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers\" data-fancybox=\"banner2\" data-label=\"banner2 Sophia Ciabattoni \u201926, B.S. in Accounting | Audit Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers\" data-value=\"Sophia Ciabattoni \u201926, B.S. in Accounting | Audit Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers\" href=\"https:\/\/journal.scranton.edu\/issues\/2026\/fall\/images\/2026-alumni_1535x921_9-1.webp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Not long after Sophia Ciabattoni &#8217;26 walked off the stage with her diploma at commencement in May, she began working for one of the Big Four accounting firms. Ciabattoni landed the position of audit associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers following an internship with the global services firm in the winter of 2025-2026. Only a select number of interns are offered full-time positions, and the internships themselves are competitive, with about 1,400 interns accepted from tens of thousands of applicants.<\/p>\n<p>When Ciabattoni applied for the internship, she said she did not expect anything to materialize. But within a week, a recruiter called, and before long she was in a series of interviews. The University\u2019s chapter of the international Beta Alpha Psi honor society \u201cwas incredibly helpful\u201d in honing interview skills that she believes got her the job offer. \u201cIf you are well prepared for the interview, it will get you to the next step,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>While she ultimately didn\u2019t find the PricewaterhouseCoopers internship through networking, Ciabattoni says she went on \u201cevery single\u201d networking trip offered through the University, meeting many seasoned professionals, including alumni. \u201cIt\u2019s very special to have alumni who want to get to know you and want you to succeed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>At PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ciabattoni is working in Banking and Capital Markets, auditing\u00a0financials for a large bank.<\/p>\n<p>Ciabattoni, of Philadelphia, came to Scranton as a finance major\u00a0but switched to accounting in her junior year. Ashley Stampone\u201910, G\u201911, PHD\u201922, assistant professor of accounting, was especially helpful to her in\u00a0the transition to a new major.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Career development initiatives offered through the Kania School of Management\u00a0were impactful, said Ciabattoni. Through the Business 150\u00a0Class\u00a0she learned valuable networking and interviewing\u00a0techniques.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Student-led groups like PRISM\u00a0(Portfolio of Responsible Investments under Student Management) and Wall Street Bootcamp\u00a0provided real-life experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ciabattoni plans to\u00a0follow\u00a0in the footsteps of other alumni who share their time and talent with Scranton students.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not long after Sophia Ciabattoni &#8217;26 walked off the stage with her diploma at commencement in May, she&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179,274],"class_list":["post-321203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-the-university-of-scranton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}