Actuarial intern Review

by Grant Thornton

Rating

4/5
  • Skills
    4.0
  • Responsibilities
    3.0
  • Support & Guidance
    4.5
  • Culture
    4.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • 1. Excel spreadsheet calculations (e.g. cashflow model) 2. Extracting data from bloomberg 3. Creating proposals to send to clients 4. Q and A sessions


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes; mainly time management, navigating a corporate environment.


  • 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?
  • Was allowed to structure my day freely, but could have been better organised in terms of the amount of work set.


  • 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?
  • Lots of people I could freely message. Had people manager and buddy etc.


  • 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 relaxed. Was included in socials and could interact with both senior and junior members.


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

  • How would you rate the social opportunities?
  • 4/5

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

  • 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?
  • Would recommend. Gave good insight into the culture of the company.


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

  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations
  • 3/5

  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Grant Thornton
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Grant Thornton to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Grant Thornton
  • Relax and be honest at interviews. Intern application process won't include anything technical.


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Actuary

London

November 2022


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