Actuarial Summer Intern Review

Item: Actuarial Summer Intern at BDO
Rating: 4.6
Author: Anonymous

at BDO

Internship (1 Month+)

Actuary

London

Review Submitted: August 2025

Overall Rating

4.6 /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!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

5/5 - 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.

Actuary Intern, Quiet season in the summer, helping out on some summer projects and model testing, shadowing client work,

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

Internship was only 6 weeks, Was given responsibility and independence on tasks we were set but unfortunately did not get much exposure to any client work

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

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

Microsoft skills: Excel, Power Query, Power BI
Excel Model testing
Excel cashflow modelling

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

4/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

4/5

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?

Had a buddy and a people manager, felt they were very available for questions, also had training from various other members of the team, overall felt there was a lot of support and guidance available

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?

Amazing culture, very welcoming and inclusive environment, felt like everyone was very generous with their time and knowledge and willing to help out and give time to the interns for our development