Investment Consulting Intern. Review

I thoroughly enjoyed my internship at Aon. I learnt a lot and found the people in my team to be very helpful and got along with them well. I was exposed to far more than I anticipated, for example being taken to out of office research meetings with fund managers and encouraged to have input during these meetings.

The amount that I could add to the team was obviously fairly limited as an unexperienced intern. This said I felt my colleagues appreciated me being there to, at times, take the load off them with regards to very admin type tasks (e.g. spreadsheets and data transfer). They always said thank you and fed back when work was done well/ how to improve.

At every stage I felt I could ask questions and they made good efforts to ensure that I got exposure to the areas I wanted to do more in. They checked with me regularly to see how I was coping with work load or whether I needed more to do.

I was fairly busy but not stretched. It's up to you to ask for more work if you need it but it definitely isn't piled on.

As expected the amount of responsibility they can give an intern is limited. I was trusted with work that would be sent directly to the client or with drafting monitoring reports and meeting notes that would be used internally. All of this work was checked by someone else before being sent off/ used though!

Won't help that much in my degree but I have learnt a lot about the investment industry and feel the knowledge I have gained will prove invaluable in furthering the early stages of my career.

It was quite fun. Everybody works hard but people made jokes and discussed other things at times.

It was very well organised. With training days at the start and real efforts made to get all the interns to know each other. Deadlines for the intern charity project were set out from the very beginning and our briefs were very clear. At no point was I unsure what I was meant to be doing or where I was meant to be.

Training days at the start. Lots of opportunity to sit down and ask questions with senior and experienced members of the team

I would like to work at Aon in the future. I feel positive about my performance but will find out in a few weeks!

There were drinks after work with colleagues and other interns at least once/twice a week. No shortage of opportunities to socialise and felt I got to know some people really well over the course of the summer.

London's expensive. to be expected

London has a great nightlife.

Yes there a few different sports leagues (football, netball) and all the interns were involved in a charity project.