I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pacific Life in Oct 2014
Interview
I applied online and was contacted for an interview about two weeks later. The first interview was very easy. Just stuff like "why do you want to be an actuary", "do you have experience with excel, C++, etc.". Then they tell you about the job and you'll hear from them in about a week or two if you get past the first one. The second one is ten questions long and you'll be interviewed by a panel of about 10 actuaries along with 5 or so other candidates. They mainly ask basic behavioral questions, but at the end they open it up to the actuaries to ask any additional questions they want (don't worry they'll just ask any additional questions they have about your answers). Then a little over a week later they called me and told me I got the job and after they run a background check on you they'll send out a packet of paperwork to fill out.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you didn't have a piece of information and what you did to get that information
This was a three part question:
1.) What is your proficiency level with excel?
2.) What other programming languages do you know?
3.) What are the biggest programming projects you have worked on?
It was very quick. After uploading the application, I received an online interview invitation, which consisted of three questions. You were given 15 mintues to complete them, and you had three tries to record each question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me about tell me about a difficult project, why pacific life.
Basic behavioral questions, with some focus on past experience on resume. After the phone screen they do a group interview thru skype where you hear the other candidates answer the same questions one by one
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a problem you faced in the past and how did you tackle it?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pacific Life (Los Angeles, CA)
Interview
Basic behavioral questions. first round is a phone interview and second round is a group panel interview. second round is harder with more technical questions regarding analytical skills. can be a little intimidating hearing everyone else's answers, but just focus on yourself. the webcam interview was pretty different from what most interviews are like, and can be a little intimidating, but its not too bad. overall nothing too difficult, just be prepared and you should do well