Intern in RMS Review
by PwC
Rating
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Skills
3.3
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Responsibilities
3.0
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Support & Guidance
4.0
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Culture
4.3
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Your Impressions
3.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at PwC
- 7. Would you recommend PwC to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to PwC
Overview
As an intern, we were assigned to various projects that we contributed towards in the RMS department at PwC. This was across 4 sectors (banking, life, non-life, and C&G) and we were assigned randomly if not requested. We collaborated with team members and other interns to accomplish whatever tasks needed to be done. I personally was involved in projects that required me to program in Python, set-up events and document activities. Also, I was involved in a mini-project that required me to write-up a draft for a report.
Skills
I developed my ability to program in Python. I developed my ability to communicate effectively. I developed my ability at using LLM like ChatGPT. I developed my ability to network and socialise with people in addition to speaking with people of different seniority. I developed my ability to write reports.
Responsibilities
Not particularly. Most of the work given to me wasn't critical work that needed to be done.
Support & Guidance
There were lots of support and guidance as there were many people we could turn to for help and this was outlined in the introductory talks given on the first day. We had multiple people such as a Career Coach, a buddy, our fellow interns, our project leads etc. So we had ample support if we needed it. In terms of guidance, my project leads were reasonably good at instructing us at what they wanted us to do however near the start of the internship some were unresponsive
Culture
People were very friendly and receptive. The company culture is definitely one of the strong points of PwC.
Your Impressions
If I had to give an enjoyment rating out of ten, I would give it a 6. I enjoyed many parts of the internship but at times I felt I was not developing the skills I wanted to develop and I was shackled to projects that involved menial work. Moreover, at times I had no work to do and was left to my own devices despite trying to get work from Resourcing and failing. Otherwise, the company culture is excellent and the people I've met were very warm and friendly.
No
Don't expect to learn many useful skills during the internship. It is useful to put on your CV however.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Actuary
London
July 2023
