Actuary summer internship Review
by BDO
Rating
4.8/5
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.8
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at BDO
- 7. Would you recommend BDO to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to BDO
Overview
Shadowing the actuary team on their summer projects, whilst also receiving actuary specific training. Furthermore, we assisted in some basic tasks the team required help on
Skills
Excel related skills, power BI
5/5
4/5
5/5
5/5
Responsibilities
Some responsibility on some grunt work, however this did involve regular checks to make sure everything was completed to a high standard
4/5
Support & Guidance
The team were extremely helpful in supporting our work. Any little query we had, they were more than happy to drop what they were doing to help and answer. Furthermore, my manager regularly checked up on me to make sure I felt supported
5/5
5/5
Culture
Really welcoming and friendly
5/5
5/5
4/5
5/5
Your Impressions
Enjoyed it a lot
5/5
5/5
5/5
Yes
be yourself and show interest and passion for what you're doing
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Actuary
London
July 2025
