Actuarial Review

by EY

Best Student Employer

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Rating

4/5
  • The Role
    4.3
  • The Company
    4.1
  • The Culture
    3.6

    The Role

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?

    • Thouroughly enojyed the internship. Felt that I was actually treated like a proper rather than an intern. The tasks allocated to me beared significant responsibility.

    5/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • I felt that everyone within my department made an effort to get to know me. Very sociable group of people and therfore as a consequence I felt quite valued.

    4/5
  • 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?

    • Support was provided to me throughout all of the internship. Guidance was offered whenever I was stuck with something and workload permitting, everyone was happy to take some time out of their day to help explan something.

    5/5
  • 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?

    • How busy I was depended on each individual project I was doing. There were some days where I had to stay fairly late but then there were some where I was allowed to finish early. Overall it all balances out!

    4/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • I was given quite a fair bit of responsibility considering I was just an intern. I was given deadlines that I had to adhere to as well as reports I had to read up on.

    4/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • I learnt a lot of skills that could be applied to any related career. i.e. not EY specific. Examples would include excel and VBA skills.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?

    • My department could not define the "work hard play hard" quote more. Everyone is up for a laugh as long as they get their work done.

    5/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • I genuinely could not fault it. Despite the olympics getting in the way a bit, everything seems to have gone smoothly!

    5/5
  • 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • I was constantly provided with feedback and developmental points of improvement after every task that i did. This was helpful as it helped me to improve for the next tasks.

    4/5
  • 10. What were the perks on your work placement?

    • Subsidised Canteen
    3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • I havnt found out yet if I have the job but it seems positive.

    4/5

    The Culture

  • 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?

    • Constantly going to socials at all sorts of fancy places. Its almost always paid for too!!

    5/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • My internship fell during the Olympics so as a consequence the cost of living was quite high.

    2/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Its Central London, too much choice!

    4/5
  • 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?

    • EY held an extra organisations fair where there were several different clubs/societies that weere available for us to join.

    4/5
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Internship (1 Month+)

London

July 2012

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