Risk Summer Intern Review

The internship was a great learning experience -> as well as learning about the Risk role, an internship like this also offers the opportunity to learn workplace skills such as PowerPoint & Excel which can be taken onto any role in the future.

I got on really well with my colleagues and they made me feel at ease. They were always open to me asking questions and tried to help me whenever needed. Equally, they gave me work relevant to the team and got me involved in team activities as much as possible.

All of the team were available for support and the friendliest of the management is sky-high so they always seem approachable. The buddy system (where an intern is linked to a graduate) is really useful for this.

I always had a task to do but it was not always time-pressured. I had tasks set by the internship too which always kept me tied over until my team had more work for me; however, I never ran short of work and the work was enjoyable, offered opportunities for enhancing skills and learning new skills and it was varied.

I was considered on par with the rest of my team members in team meetings which really helped me feel involved and encouraged me to take part in discussion; Often, I offered my own work in team meetings and the team were really supportive of this.

Can not stress the high level skills the placement offered - On my placement, through team meetings, I learnt Excel & PowerPoint and public speaking skills that most only learn later in their career. Although they sound like simple skillsets, they are hard to learn unless you put yourself into a work environment and in all, they will stand me in good stead for university and beyond.

Quite quiet but that was because people were immersed in their work. Generally everyone was friendly and made an effort with others in the office.

Getting set up on the machines took a while but after that, it was plain sailing.

It was my team that decided to offer me opportunities to learn Excel & PowerPoint skills rather than the internship. However, I believe lots of teams offered many development plans to their interns.

I am yet to find out the result of my Internship

HR tried to organise some social events but as there were so many interns, it made it harder to meet people as you tended to stick with people you knew in a crowd.

Expensive

Great nightlife

There are some opportunities for sport but these are not well advertised so you have to look out for posters in the office.