Actuarial Intern Review
by Aon
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
3.2
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The Company
2.2
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The Culture
2.9
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
Sometimes I was quite busy that I generally liked but I spent entire days in the office without anything to do really.
Not too much but the job is structured this way that there are always two other people checking your work.
Generally speaking it was a useful experience, learnt a lot about relationship systems within the office, in terms of skills being accurate and paying attention to minuscule details played an important role.
The Company
Even quite senior people were approachable (at least on the surface), the office is relaxed, it wasn't too tense but you could still feel that you were in a more or less formal context.
We had a charity project that was badly organised, we didn't have much to do certain days and no one did too much about it. I would have expected at least that we would be given some training material when we had nothing to do.
This was a short period of time, and my Buddy was quite helpful but we didn't get an explicit training except for a one day long technical training that turned out not to be too technical.
The Culture
With fellow interns it was easier to get along and we spent some time every week together besides work, with colleagues it was workplace-friendship mainly.
I lived quite close to London, so prices were quite high in general.
I didn't go out so don't know.
There were 3-4 social events during my internship which were attended by many colleagues.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Actuary
London
August 2014
