Actuarial Intern Review
by Grant Thornton
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
4.2
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The Company
3.8
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The Culture
2.8
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
The team in London were really friendly and fun and there were a lot of intern events put on for us
You were accepted as part of the team, but you were always seen as an intern.
My line manager was brilliant at making sure I made and achieved targets I set so that I really made the most of my internship.
Only a few times did I have little actuarial work to do but there were always personal projects I could get on with. Best thing to do is make sure the team know you would like more work
I was given my own projects which was great but mostly it was just little bits everywhere
There was a brilliant presentational course at bradenham and they really made an effort to give you experience in all four actuarial areas which has really driven me towards an actuarial career
The Company
Friendly. It was a really big office (Finsbury square) and so considering, I think everyone came across very approachable, however there's no way everyone could know everyone.
Really well organised, everyone seemed to know what was going on and when and there was regular contact with HR to let us know the next steps.
The course at bradenham was brilliant.
Subsidised Canteen
Company Parties/Events
Overall Grant Thornton employ most of their interns. The actuarial team however aren't brilliant at employing interns that were actuarial interns, they tend to employ interns from other line (tax,audit). This is not to say that if you intern in the actuarial team you won't get a job offer- out of 4 of us 1 still got a job offer.
The Culture
There were a lot of social events but as most of the interns were in the euston office there wasn't a great social scene at work outside of the events put on for us.
London is ridiculously expensive! We went out for a lot of team lunches which were all paid for by GT and if we went for after work drinks mangers or people higher than you usually bought so its not an issue unless you are just with other interns.
There's a good amount of nightlife, it's London, but I never saw any of it as I didn't look.
There was a corporate responsibility day which gt sent all interns across the country to Birmingham to volunteer in a school. Otherwise, not a lot for interns.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
London
August 2013
