Retirement Actuarial Intern Review

Item: Retirement Actuarial Intern at WTW
Rating: 4.9
Author: Anonymous

at WTW

Internship (1 Month+)

Actuary

Edinburgh

Review Submitted: August 2024

Overall Rating

4.9 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

5/5 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Assisting the actuarial team with a variety of work, including: individual calculations, GMP projects, accounting work, data work etc... Alongside comprehensive training, the role involves working with a variety of clients across several sectors with unique schemes.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Given the length of the internship (8 weeks), there is the opportunity to get involved in large amounts of client work across many teams.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

5/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Developed many soft skills, in particular communication, teamwork and presentation skills that are honed through client work as well as training. Also started to learn some consulting skills, with a broad focus on pensions.

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?

5/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

There was a good structure of support - a buddy system, early careers manager as well as an internship manager. All colleagues were helpful when completing work, as well as addressing any general queries.