Finance Intern Review

by L'Oreal

Best Student Employer

Rating

3.9/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    3.5
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    3.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Reporting on daily/weekly/monthly/yearly results and forecasts Creating, maintaining excel files to aid the team and reporting Create presentations for the team and present findings Aid commercial and marketing teams with ad hoc queries Support the business development team with tools and forecasting


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes, I have learnt many new skills. Professional skills developed through quality external trainings. Excel and power point competency has greatly improved from working with these tools often and trainings. Presentation skills from presenting to lots of different stakeholders.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
  • 4/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
  • Yes through projects I was provided responsibility and in my role generally I was allowed to provide suggestions and projects of my own.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • A considerable amount, Support starts very high but slowly reduced as you develop and become more comfortable.


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 3/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Overall very good, the atmosphere is stress free and amicable. Company culture is pretty sociable but looks to be dieing down. Culture is also pretty dependent on division.


  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • To a great extent I enjoyed my time at the company, The large intern population is very fun to be a part of.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 3/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at L'Oreal
  • 3/5

  • 7. Would you recommend L'Oreal to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to L'Oreal
  • Apply as early as possible, show some personality in interview and application process.


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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Financial Management

London

June 2024


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