Operations Intern Review

by abrdn

Rating

4.4/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.7

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • My role was an operations internship involving management and oversight within the Operational Governance team. This role was very project based and thus has a wide variance day to day but included a great work life balance and a lot of opportunities for personal development.


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • I developed a lot of excel and communication skills.


  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • I was given a large bit of responsibility on certain projects after getting acclimated to the team.


  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
  • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • a significant amount


  • 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?
  • Extremely friendly and inclusive, everyone always has time for each other and an interest in how your time has been.


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

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

  • 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?
  • Greatly


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

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

  • 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
  • Just be yourself, everyone is genuinely really nice and wants to see you succeed.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Financial Management

Scotland

September 2022


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