Risk & Compliance Intern Review

by abrdn

Rating

3.6/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.0
  • Culture
    3.3
  • Your Impressions
    3.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Supporting my team with their various tasks and projects, as well as completing intern training/development activities.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • - gained good insight into financial services - enhanced digital literacy by working from home/joining team remotely - increased confidence in my own skilset throughout the placement


  • 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?
  • 4/5

  • 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?
  • Lot of autonomy - expectation is that you manage your own time Involved with a wide variety of tasks in different areas of the team


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 3/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Line manager/wider team very welcoming Buddy system fantastic Everyone I have spoken to has been very supportive


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 4/5

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
  • 4/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Limited because of Covid, but made a real effort to support virtual activities


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 2/5

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 3/5

  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
  • 4/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • While being online meant I felt less involved than I would in the office, still a really valuable experience within a very supportive company


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 3/5

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at abrdn
  • 4/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to abrdn
  • No need to be nervous going in - everyone is very friendly and keen to support early careers


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Financial Management

International

August 2021


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