Investment Consulting Intern Review

by Aon

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Rating

3.4/5
  • The Role
    3.3
  • The Company
    3.8
  • The Culture
    3.0

    The Role

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

    • Enjoyable internship although the work can be basic to the point of boring at times. Lots of excel and report writing as well as chasing up different fund mangers for data etc

    3/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?

    • More than happy to trust you with a failry high volum of work from early in the internship. The complexity of the stuff they give you increases as you gain more experience.

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

    • If you couldn't do anything all you had to do was ask and everybody was more than happy to help

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

    • Quantities of work varied a lot, you could either be very busy or very bored so hard to say how this one measures up. You could always ask for more work if you wanted to though

    3/5
  • 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?

    • A reasonably high degree of responsibility producing important reports etc. These were always checked by a number of people in different positions of seniority (standard practice) so you were allowed to work on most things...

    3/5
  • 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • Was quite useful for uprading your skillz

    3/5

    The Company

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

    • Really good office atmosphere, always really chilled out and people tended to mess about a bit

    4/5
  • 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?

    • Very well organised

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

    • Invested fairly heavily. We were invited to every graduate training session on a number of different things eg. training sessions on derivatives, cognity, different styles of asset management etc

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

    • Flexi Time

    Subsidised Canteen

    Company Parties/Events
    3/5
  • 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?

    • Awaiting final review and job offer or not. Could potentially see myself here full time

    4/5

    The Culture

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

    • Plenty of chilled out drinks with colleagues but not enough on the nights out front for my liking. Good fun nonetheless

    3/5
  • 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?

    • Right by Liverpool St so not the cheapest place in the world but given the variety of things around you can get by reasonably well on a low budget. Alternatively, if you don't like money there are plenty of places to spend all of it

    3/5
  • 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?

    • Its there if you want it

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

    • Some opportunities like cricket vs different fund managers, 5 aside football etc

    3/5
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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

London

August 2012

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