I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at John Hancock (Boston, MA) in Oct 2010
Interview
No surprise questions, very basic interview. 3 45 minute interviews, 1 with someone from HR, 2 with current full time actuaries. Two weeks later I heard back from them.
I would prepare the basic questions (strengths weaknesses etc) brush up on your technical knowledge, and be friendly!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a group project where the group was failing and you had to help turn it around.
Asking a lot of insurance basic questions.
Not a lot of excel is being ask.
Asking about how bond would effect investment
What should you do with the money that we received from customer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asking about how bond price would effect investment
first there is a phone interview, after that they called me back and let me do the second round on-site interview. The people are nice and I interviewed with two people. Questions are quite normal.
