Investment Consulting Summer Intern Review

by Aon

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    4.3
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Investment Consulting Summer Intern: entails the completion of simple data entry tasks on Excel, also formatting client documents using Word and PowerPoint. This work all runs alongside the Aon Story Project, a task completed with interns from different streams/areas of the business.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • - Microsoft 365 proficiency has improved significantly - Networking skills - Team work and collaboration skills - Resilience - Mental arithmetic - In person and virtual presentation skills


  • 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?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • No, not too much as I was still learning all of the systems. I was allowed to edit spreadsheets that were then checked by a graduate or an associate consultant


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • A lot of support, however, I wish my manager came into the office more as I feel as though this would've supported me more. W


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 3/5

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

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Very friendly, everyone was always willing to help. BRGs sounded positive, although I never had the time to join one, being here for only 9 weeks. When the riots happened I thought that the response wasn't great.


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

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 2/5

  • 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?
  • Largely enjoyed my internship


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

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 4/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Aon
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Aon to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Aon
  • Prepare for the assessment center, although it was snot as scary as I had imagined, my interviewer was lovely.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Economics

London

August 2024


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