Actuarial summer intern Review
at WTW
Internship (1 Month+)
Actuary
Leeds
Review Submitted: August 2022
Overall Rating
4.4 /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
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Overview of Role
3.8/5
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Skills Development
5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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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.
Individual calculations for members, updating data, data mining, creating reports and presentations for clients.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Started carrying out client work on the second or third week, there was mainly client work to be done so a reasonable amount of responsibility, however every piece of work is checked several times before being sent to a client.
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?
Excel skills, presentation skills, time management
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?
3/5
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?
We were allocated a graduate 'buddy' to guide us through the internship, they were the first port of call, lots of guidance from other members of the team, and designated an intern managed additionally to go to for any help. Most team members were accessible for any help and support needed.
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?
Great atmosphere, not the busiest office at times given the work from home culture, but the whole Leeds office were extremely welcoming, there are frequent lunchtime and after work drinks and social events, lots of effort made in this area by the office, and mainly company paid for which was great.
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?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
An extremely well structured training programme, far from the tea and coffee runs internships stereotypically are thought to involve. It is an intense programme and very intellectually challenging, slightly overwhelming the first few weeks with a bit of information overload, but there is lots of support with this. Client work is very varied, but if you aren't confident with core mathematical abilities, this may not be the role for you- lots of maths.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
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
Be aware that this isn't an internship for someone wanting to slip under the radar and do no work, you are trained well and paid so expected to complete a lot of client work. There are usually two interns in the regional offices, so you pull your weight for sure. The structure of the programme involves lots of information and training regarding pensions, so make sure you have an interest, there is lots of quite complicated maths initially, but this eases once you use spreadsheets instead of doing them by hand, it is just to learn to the core reasons behind it. The graduate retention of interns is fantastic, so if this is an area you want to go into, the internship is definitely the best way through the doors, as most previous interns returned as a graduate.
