Retirement Team Intern Review
at WTW
Internship (1 Month+)
Actuary
Leeds
Review Submitted: July 2025
Overall Rating
4.7 /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
4.5/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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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.
I work in the retirement team as an intern and this involves mainly taking part in training initially, but progressively taking on more client work including using specialist software and drafting communications directly to clients. I also take part in hub meetings weekly and there are also opportunities to shadow senior colleagues.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes, almost immediately I started doing work on assignments that directly impact large companies and their pension schemes, although there are a lot of contingencies in place to make sure the work eventually submitted is correct.
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?
Greatly developed my timekeeping skills and my ability to prioritise certain tasks over others. I've also developed a lot of technical knowledge on specifically calculations involving pensions but also my financial knowledge as a whole has developed as well.
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
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Lots of training online which was very useful, also in the office everyone's very willing to help explain things that you find confusing.
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?
Very friendly, everyone is social and there are lots of opportunities outside of work to do things with the team.
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?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Greatly enjoyed so far, lots of opportunities to push myself and do impactful work.
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 WTW
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend WTW to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to WTW
Try and find times you have shown initiative and a willing to work as that's very important at WTW, and also have a general knowledge of what WTW does and a rough idea of what the pensions industry is like (although not super important as there is a lot of training on this).
