Actuarial consulting intern Review
by WTW
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
4.3
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at WTW
- 7. Would you recommend WTW to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to WTW
Overview
I have mostly been focusing on implementing a piece of internal software to automate the data validation and aggregation stages in a reserve review. This involved some simple coding, and a strong focus on problem solving. Other smaller tasks have included researching IFRS 17, and completing tech reviews.
Skills
Problem solving: implementing software on a project has helped develop my problem solving and logical thinking by forcing me to find the most efficient way of completing the task Communication: I have needed to speak to a variety of people, which has helped me communicate more effectively as well as improve my confidence and networking ability
Responsibilities
In most of the work I was doing, I was given a great deal of independence and responsibility, while also having support when I needed it
Support & Guidance
I received a fair amount of support, but had access to lots more if I required it. There were daily catch-ups scheduled if I needed to discuss anything with my manager, friendly and helpful colleagues that would always be willing to answer any questions I had and project team members regularly checked to see how I was getting on
Culture
The culture and atmosphere was very pleasant, and there was no division between those who are more senior and those who are more junior. The atmosphere was quite informal. Everyone was friendly and the interns were encouraged to come to social events
Your Impressions
I very much enjoyed the internship. The work I was doing was mostly interesting and quite varied so I was never bored. I felt as though the work I was doing was bringing value which was very rewarding. Aside from the work, I enjoyed being around the rest of the team both in the office and at social events
Yes
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Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Actuary
South East
August 2022
