Investment Consulting Intern Review
by Lane Clark & Peacock
Rating
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Skills
4.3
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.3
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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 Lane Clark & Peacock
- 7. Would you recommend Lane Clark & Peacock to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Lane Clark & Peacock
Overview
Helping graduates and consultants with client work including performance monitoring and asset transfers Working on intern projects alongside including presentations, fact sheets and emails in areas such as asset allocation for pension schemes, LDIs, DGFs
Skills
Time management - working on multiple projects or pieces of client work at a time Communication - working in multiple teams at once Microsoft excel and powerpoint Presentation - presenting to 4-25 people depending on the project
Responsibilities
Yes - working on actual client projects alongside managing my own projects
Support & Guidance
Had buddy’s meaning I could get support frequently Everyone in the office was nice and happy to help Sometimes in the project launch I felt I was expected to know some complex information which i had no prior experience with
Culture
Great culture - everyone was welcoming and friendly Lots of social’s including pizza, rounders and nights out
Your Impressions
I did really enjoy it but also struggled at times with the amount of work as well as the fact interns were expected to come into the office everyday meaning I had to commute in everyday Overall everyone in the Winchester team was really friendly and welcoming meaning I felt supported and welcomed in my placement
Yes
In online interviews and assessment centres be yourself - the team are really welcoming Make sure to brush up on areas of investment consulting prior to assessment centres - for example what is the difference between defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Investment Banking, Management Consulting, Actuary
South East
August 2023
