What does 'auditor' mean here?

[englishhobby]

Does the word 'auditor' have its regular meaning in the given context, i.e. to officially examine acompany's financial records? (I am a bit confused because I have always thought that an auditor does a very serious and responsible job, which needs a lot of experience, it's not the kind of job a student can do during his/her internship. Or am I mistaken?)

When I was a student, although l was studying chemistry, I thought I would like to do something, er, different afterwards, and I actually did a summer internship with one of the big accountancy firms, which was an excellent way to get an understanding of what the job would be like. I started off as an auditor, and it was through that experience that I got my first job.

 

[Rover_KE]

Please tell us the source and author of any text you quote.

 

[englishhobby]

It's from Pre-Intermediate Market Leader Business English Course Book by David Cotton, David Falvey and Simon Kent.

 

[Tdol]

As it was a summer internship, I would imagine the person had a fairly junior role in auditing-checking figures, etc, rather than signing off the results.