Summer Student Review

by Barnett Waddingham LLP

Rating

4.8/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    4.8
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
  • Shared resource between the actuarial and investment consulting teams, carrying out graduate level work on a daily basis


    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
  • Yes, developed consulting and presenting skills as well as my knowledge of the actuarial and investment business areas


  • 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?
  • 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?
  • Yes, I carried out graduate level work that was both real and meaningful. Very few theoretical and practice pieces of work which was good


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

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
  • Lots of support whenever requested and everyone was happy to help


  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
  • 5/5

  • 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?
  • Really friendly and supportive culture and everyone is happy to help where possible


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

  • 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?
  • I really enjoyed it and found it super useful for my career and employability. Not much could be improved


  • 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 Barnett Waddingham LLP
  • 5/5

  • 7. Would you recommend Barnett Waddingham LLP to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Barnett Waddingham LLP
  • Just be yourself and be friendly because everyone wants to help you succeed - nobody is trying to catch you out like some companies


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Details

Internship (1 Month+)

Actuary

West Midlands

September 2023


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