Retirement Intern Review

Extracting and analysing data to build reports. I have done a lot of document editing/ checking. I also regularly use PVTM to calculate a transfer value, create a reasonableness check spreadsheet and draft an email outlining the transfer value to the client. I have also calculated transfer values using spreadsheets. There is daily communication within the team and a muddle and huddle session weekly where work/ anything I might find interesting is mentioned.

I have developed my communication skills, interacting daily with members from various aspects/levels of the team. My confidence in my own ability has also grown massively as a result of my time here, when I started I was very unconfident in what I was doing but now I feel so much more confident and trust myself to do work to a great standard. I have learnt a lot of pensions specific knowledge also.

I was given lots of responsibility in the fact that I was exposed directly to the client work. I drafted work that would be sent directly to clients. I therefore had the responsibility to meet certain deadlines and ensure my work was to a high standard.

I received a lot of support from many people in the team. My buddy and Intern Manager were the first point of contact if I was stuck and they also helped. When delegated tasks, the delegator would always ensure I understood everything and was happy to take any questions.

Everyone was really friendly and welcoming. There were various social events throughout the 8 weeks which were really fun! The company is very inclusive and everyone tried to make me feel welcome.

I really enjoyed my internship. The team were a pleasure to work with and were very sociable. I have gained a lot of new knowledge and the work is better than I had expected. There is so much more to pensions than I had anticipated and it is really interesting. I would love to work here again.

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Try to stay calm throughout the interviewing process, the interviewers are really friendly and aren't trying to catch you out. Do some preparation before the interview/assessment centre and think of interesting/valuable experiences you can talk about.