Investments intern Review

Item: Investments intern at abrdn
Rating: 4.8
Author: Anonymous

at abrdn

Internship (1 Month+)

Finance, Business Management

London

Review Submitted: November 2022

Overall Rating

4.8 /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 - Overview of Role

5/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.5/5 - 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.

I was an investments intern at abrdn in 2022.
I worked on different projects, the day to day included usually team meetings, ad hoc tasks (modelling a small thing in excel), working on your main project and other side projects you worked on. Everyday was different which I really liked.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

In my experience the amount of responsibility you were given really depended on you and how much you asked to be involved which was great. I personally tried to be involved as much as I can. Overall I am very happy with the amount of responsibility given and the amount of trust they had in me. Everything you did was a really world project.

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?

I learnt a lot on excel and also learnt a lot of soft skills and communication skills which was great. The program offers some intern trainings but most of the training comes from the desk and you need to be proactive in taking those trainings and learning those skills.

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?

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?

This I believe could have been better, I am really happy with the amount of support and training I got in the end, but during busy periods they would sometimes just leave you to figure stuff out, which is expected but I think was in times a bit too much.