Actuarial Analyst Intern Review
by WTW
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
4.5
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 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 WTW
- 7. Would you recommend WTW to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to WTW
Overview
Take work delegated to you by other colleagues, e.g. reviewing pension calculations or doing them yourself. At the start, training sessions and worksheets had to be completed before actual work was started. Occasionally attend client meetings, either in-person or online. Organise and attend social events, games, and charity events for/within the office. Individual and group presentation work.
Skills
Developed professional communication both when speaking to other colleagues and to clients. Greatly improved presentation skills by preparing and performing in a professional but friendly environment. Learned plenty about pensions and other actuarial skills and programmes used. Improved organisational skills by planning meetings, delegating time to certain tasks throughout the day, and organised other people when leading certain tasks.
Responsibilities
Yes, there was plenty of responsibility given, although the majority was in the second half of the internship when training was completed. Calculating pensions for real people/clients was something we frequently did, as well as updating sites specific to the company. Organising socials, presentations, and newsletters was also for us to do on top of this, and was almost entirely down to interns.
Support & Guidance
Plenty of support was available if you were to ask for it, however otherwise you would usually be given fairly basic instructions (depending on the person helping you), though I think this is the best way to do things. At the start there was plenty of guidance during training.
Culture
The culture and atmosphere was great, everyone was extremely friendly and the atmosphere not too formal. The people were very diverse, welcoming, and understanding.
Your Impressions
I really enjoyed the internship. I didn't expect the friendliness of everyone in the office, or the fact that we'd be brought to important client meetings relatively early in our time there. Overall an extremely interesting experience that has undoubtedly improved my professional skills in presenting, communicating, and organisation.
Yes
Don't feel daunted by the place - everyone is very friendly and understanding and you'll feel right at home in under a week.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Actuary
South East
August 2023
