Retirement Intern Review
at WTW
Internship (1 Month+)
Actuary
Edinburgh
Review Submitted: August 2022
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
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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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.
To start we had a lot of training, then we were involved in a lot of individual calculations. We also got involved with a project with Project and Data Solutions where we spent a day each week data mining
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I got to do a lot of different jobs that were important and actual client work but given the nature of the job everything I done was checked so it didn't feel like I had too much responsibility. Every piece of work is checked by at least one other person - this wasn't just because I was an intern.
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?
The skills I've developed most while here is organisation and communication, I also gained a lot of technical knowledge about valuing pensions
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?
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?
Loads! People couldn't be more helpful, any questions I had I could ask anyone in the office for help and they wouldn't mind spending their time helping me
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?
Super friendly and fairly relaxed but its important any work is done to a high standard
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?
From the first day I really enjoyed it, mainly due to how nice everyone was in the office, it was a really nice place to 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
For applying make sure you know the company values and try to research the line of business that you are applying to. If you are successful then I'd make the effort to go into the office as much as possible, even if you have the option to work from home, you'll get to talk to many more people and find out more about the company and the work
