Private Equity Summer Intern Review
by abrdn
Rating
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Skills
3.3
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
3.3
- 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 abrdn
- 7. Would you recommend abrdn to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to abrdn
Overview
Private Equity Summer Intern in an investments role. Inthe investments team the primary goal is to analyse incoming deals by carrying out due diligence, preparing pitch deck presentations to present to the investment committee Majority of work day to day will be working on deals in deal teams of 3-5 people. You will be analysing the companies and working with seniors to to engage with the the companies management team.
Skills
Learnt how to interpret complex financial models. Learnt how to analyse a companys business model. Learnt how to create effective powerpoint presentations.
Responsibilities
I was placed into deal teams and also was able to sit in on calls with CEOs. Really great responsibility even as an intern.
Support & Guidance
A lot of support from manager. Everyone was willing to take out an hour to explain something to me. However, many tasks required a lot of learning quickly and completing tasks with little information.
Culture
Supportive friendly culture in the team. Inclusive and diverse.
Your Impressions
The internship was invaluable in terms of the learning and exposure I was given even as an intern. I was always working on meaningful work and my hard work was recognised. I was even able to have a trip to Edinburgh to meet the rest of the team which was amazing.
Yes
Culture is super important. Be humble but ambitious. Abrdn really value innovation and a futuristic mind so make sure to have examples of this.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Investment Banking
London
November 2022
