Actuarial & Consulting Summer Internship Review
at Isio
Internship (1 Month+)
Actuary
Leeds
Review Submitted: August 2024
Overall Rating
5 /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
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Overview of Role
5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Being delegated a variety of pieces of work - on TVs, AFUs, Valuations, Data manipulation, using Excel models. Opportunity to ask plenty of questions about the work or in general. Lunch/socialise with the team.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
As an intern, I mainly did tasks/calculations and drafting emails which were checked by the person who delegated the work, and then by someone superior.
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?
Improved my excel skills, and communication skills.
Learnt a lot about DB pensions and also insurance.
Learnt a lot about DB pensions and also insurance.
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?
The opportunity to ask questions was always provided and encouraged. This was really helpful and allowed me to understand why I was doing the tasks I was given.
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
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Office was super friendly, could talk to anyone. No hierarchy-feel at all. Very supportive colleagues, asking questions was encouraged.
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?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Really enjoyed it and would accept an offer to return as a graduate.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Isio
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Isio to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Isio
Be curious about actuarial work and pensions in general and do a bit of research on this. Have a couple questions prepared to ask in the interview.
