Investment Consulting Intern Review

by Aon

Rating

4.1/5
  • Skills
    3.8
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.5
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Supporting client teams with any work necessary. Preparing and collating documents for upcoming client meetings. Also completed an internal project with other UK interns about Business Resource Groups at the firm.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Developed my tech skills including Excel, PowerPoint and PDFs. Developed my professional communication skills regarding sending appropriate emails and messages. Developed my team-working skills as I had never worked in the finance industry before.


  • 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?
  • 3/5

  • 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?
  • To an extent, I was responsible for my individual tasks but was always supervised by a more senior team member who would check my work before passing it on.


  • 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?
  • Constant support from other team members. Always on hand to answer any of my queries.


  • 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?
  • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
  • Very chilled and flexible regarding dress code and working hours. A lot of working from home at the current time.


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

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

  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
  • 4/5

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

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
  • Really enjoyed working with the team. Sometimes waiting on work being given but my team in particular were often delegating work to me which was appreciated. The work itself was usually interesting, specifically if you are interested in the financial markets.


  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
  • 4/5

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

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Aon
  • 5/5

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


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Aon
  • Research the different solution lines and understand what you are applying for. Talk to as many people as possible and do your best to integrate with the team.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Banking, Investment Banking

Scotland

August 2022


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