Liberty Mutual Insurance

Claims Intern

May - July 2020 • Boston, MA

What I liked

I loved my team and the company culture of Liberty Mutual.

What I wish was different

I wish it had been in person but understand why it had to be remote last summer.

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TechStart Intern

May - August 2019 • Indianapolis, IN

What I liked

Lots of opportunities to connect with senior leadership/other areas of the company. We got all the resources we needed to complete our project. I worked on a team with two other interns and we were essentially a small team. We got the full Agile experience -- retros, demos, Kanban board, daily Scrums, etc. A really great insight into Liberty Mutual's structure and day-to-day routine of a developer. Project had value and was interesting. Got to apply a lot of difference concepts I learned. Throughout the internship, everyone emphasized to us that our project had a lot of meaning and that people would be very happy to use it.

What I wish was different

Kind of hard to understand the industry jargon sometimes. Felt lost in demos sometimes.

Advice

You get out what you put in. Take the initiative to talk to other people and learn more about what they do. You can arrange meetings with almost everyone (within reason). This was a SWE internship but I also talked to a bunch of data scientists who cemented my decision to do a Data Analytics major as well.

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HR Intern

May - August 2020 • Plano, TX

What I liked

I loved the type of projects I was exposed to. The amount of networking we were able to do with senior management was just great. And the people at Liberty were amazing and there was a real emphasis on real world work that affected others.

What I wish was different

I wish we could've seen the locations we worked at rather than being completely virtual. And Liberty does a Senior Summit, where all rising seniors get to fly out to Boston and sit in with the C Suite management. This year the summit was virtual.

Advice

Find a company that you would actually want to work at and use your internship as a test environment. It's a great opportunity to make sure the company is the right fit for you too. Ask questions and don't be afraid to ask for help. Get to know your manager and other mangers who will be able to help you grow.

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Software Engineer Intern

May - August 2019 • Dover, NH

What I liked

I really liked the work life balance and the company itself. Everyone there was very helpful and open to questions.

What I wish was different

I would have asked my manager for more opportunities to work on different projects or experience different teams at the company.

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TechStart Intern

May - August 2019 • Dover, NH

What I liked

The people I worked with were really nice. The food was amazing. I learned a lot while I was there and attended many events

What I wish was different

My managers got switched last minute before I started and didn't know where my exact internship was for house location.

Advice

Be proactive, keep asking questions, and get to meet everyone you can as you work there.

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Enterprise Security & Business Continuity Intern

May - August 2020 • Boston, MA

What I liked

I appreciated how much trust administrators and superiors put on their interns. As an ES&BC intern, I had a first-hand experience of how a global Fortune 500 company handles crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and my superiors were really looking forward to whatever insight I had to offer to create creative solutions to a whole array of risks and issues.

What I wish was different

I wish we were in person, or at least got to tour the office at some point.

Advice

Don't be shy to reach out about anything or ask "dumb" questions! It shows your initiative to learn more about your role and the business!

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Risk Control Intern

June - August 2019 • Bala Cynwyd, PA

What I liked

Liberty Mutual made great efforts to offer experiences for growth. These included many field experiences and visits. Additionally, all of my coworkers welcomed me and supported me in my efforts. It was easy to ask questions and find someone eager to help.

What I wish was different

While this internship was a great experience, I wish there had been more opportunities to contribute to the company. I gave this feedback and Liberty Mutual seemed very receptive and I am excited to intern with them again.

Advice

Don't go into the risk control intern position thinking of it as a "safety position". The safety background is very useful, but consulting skills are very important as well as identifying risk.

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Marketing Assistant

June - August 2019 • Highland Township, MI

What I liked

Great working atmosphere. Built a lot of relationships and connections with a great group of workers.

What I wish was different

I really enjoyed everything about the internship. The commute was tough living in Detroit, but outside of that I enjoyed it.

Advice

Work as hard as you can every day so you can build connections to help get you jobs in the future.

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TechStart Intern

June 2019 • Seattle, WA

What I liked

The work-life balance was excellent. Great team and project with significant impact!

What I wish was different

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Inside sales intern

May 2019 • Chandler, AZ

What I liked

This was an amazing experience. Not only did I have the opportunity to get licensed in personal lines insurance, learn the ins and outs of a big corporation, and get into the swing of what it’s like to have a full time, 9-5 job, this company also took my peers and I on a trip to Boston to visit their headquarters. I accepted a job offer from them and will be starting January 6th. I am currently working part time selling insurance with them until I graduate from ASU which is great as well because I’m actively using the skills I’ve learned in the internship to better prepare me for the transition to full time.

What I wish was different

There isn’t much I would change at all, my supervisor Brandon Holman was wonderful and the whole experience all together was life changing.

Advice

If Liberty Mutual expresses interest in you, take the opportunity you won’t regret it. This is an amazing company with so many benefits and resources. Also Handshake has been by far the best means to find new career opportunities

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Procurement Intern

January - June 2019 • Boston, MA

What I liked

My team was my favorite part of my job. I felt welcomed on the first day and brought onto project teams right away. I owned projects, and felt like I was part of the team and never felt like I was less than anyone else because I was an intern. I liked the ability to own my projects, and have freedom with the projects. I feel like it really prepared me for being in a team after graduation.

What I wish was different

There is a HUGE emphasis on the intern programs. There are designed protocols and procedures for converting summer interns into Full-time employees, or even getting them into an HR Development program. This is not the case for co-ops. There was no process to help me convert since I had one full-year left of school. I was not considered an intern when applying for the HRDP program and was compared to people who didn't intern within Talent and Enterprise Services. It was kind of sad that after leaving, I returned to the Boston HQ for an interview to return for the program. After that completed, the recruiter forgot to call me to let me know that they had chosen another applicant, and they never went to past management to gauge how I was as a worker.

Advice

Try, and really try, anything. I had no idea that I would feel so passionately about analysis work as I did until I acted as an Analyst at Liberty. I learned so much that will be incredibly useful working for any and every company throughout my career.

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Software Engineering Intern

June - August 2019 • Seattle, WA

What I liked

Great work-life balance, learner-friendly environment

What I wish was different

Not much to work on, non-competitive pay

Advice

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Analytics Development Program Intern

May - August 2019 • Boston, MA

What I liked

They have a lot of resources set up to support the interns to help them succeed. As an intern, you are placed on a specific team and expected to do a project or a group of projects which you present on at the end of the internship. I enjoyed having meaningful work that contributed to my team and getting real experience and knowledge in the insurance field.

What I wish was different

I wish there was more communication from my team before the first day, this would have made me more prepared for what my specific team does.

Advice

Try to learn as much as possible and meet with as many people as possible. I was very fortunate in that almost everyone who I asked to have a coffee chat with did and I got to learn a lot about many different parts of the company. Having a range of people that you connect with lets you know if you want to come back to this company and gives you better insight into the culture and career opportunities.

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Insurance Underwriting Intern

June - August 2019 • Indianapolis, IN

What I liked

The team I was on was very helpful and I gained a good base of commercial underwriting skills for a Fortune 100 company.

What I wish was different

N/A

Advice

Don't be afraid to ask any questions

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Techstart Intern

May - August 2019 • Dover, NH

What I liked

The techstart program is excellent. The pay is competitive. Tech interns get VPN access to work from home along with FTO. Very flexible work hours. Many different projects and teams to work with

What I wish was different

Better relocation services for people not familiar with the area

Advice

Be proactive and you will go far

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Technology Intern

May - August 2019 • Portsmouth, NH

What I liked

How flexible the company was with making sure I liked the work I was doing!

What I wish was different

Recruiting was more respectful to their interns.

Advice

Make friends and learn the most you can! Also advocate for yourself no matter what.

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Software Engineering Intern

June - August 2018 • Seattle, WA

What I liked

Experience in software engineering

What I wish was different

Too big of a corporate company to enjoy doing software for. Not competitive. Projects vary so much from meaningless to somewhat productive

Advice

Only accept if they offer you a software engineering position. Don't waste your time here unless so. Even then you could have a project that isn't feasible or too much red tape or isn't worth it.

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Analyst Intern

June - August 2019 • Seattle, WA

What I liked

We did challenging projects that were actually used by our teams. Each intern had a very specific project so there was a wide variety of things to work on. The culture was my favorite part overall because it was very welcoming and an encouraging place to learn.