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Retirement 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 - Overview of Role
4.3/5 - Skills Development
5/5 - Support and Guidance
4.5/5 - Company Culture
4/5 - 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.
First couple weeks are training heavy on the terminology you will hear and the software you will be using day to day. You learn the manual processes of the calculations. After this you will get client work involving doing these calculations using software and drafting up reports and newsletters that will be sent out to clients. You don't do exactly the same thing each day.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Not a shadowing internship! Lots of opportunities to get involved in actual work and you have to be proactive in asking for help where needed and everyone is happy to provide this.
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?
Using excel everyday helps develop your technical skills here, there is a research project and presentation as part of the internship which develops team working and communication skills. Opportunity to develop your public speaking.
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?
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?
You are given a buddy and most of your questions will go to them and they provide you with a lot of guidance. Everyone is happy to answer your questions though.
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?
Everyone very friendly, not always that many in the office due to home working becoming more popular but when people are in is nice that everyone sits together on their break.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
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?
Very glad that I did it, great experience if considering an actuarial job. Only thing that may worry people is its in summer so can get fomo if all your friends aren't working/doing an internship.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5

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 honest and open in your interview. Make sure you do some research around the company and current pensions news before the interview. The first couple weeks are quite tiring if you aren't used to 9 - 5, but you'll soon get used to it!
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