{"id":500,"date":"2010-01-24T13:12:18","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T07:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ivyproschool.com\/blog\/?p=500"},"modified":"2024-11-13T15:21:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T09:51:23","slug":"frequently-asked-questions-in-actuarial-job-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivyproschool.com\/blog\/frequently-asked-questions-in-actuarial-job-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS IN ACTUARIAL JOB INTERVIEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Some of the frequently asked questions in Actuarial Interviews &#8211; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 Why do you want to be an actuary? How did you hear about actuarial science?<br \/>\n\u2022 What are your future plans\/goals?<br \/>\n\u2022 Where do you see yourself 5\/10\/15 years from now?<br \/>\n\u2022 Why do you want to work in this company?<br \/>\n\u2022 Why are you applying for this job?<br \/>\n\u2022 What distinguishes you from other twenty people who can do the same task that you can?<br \/>\n\u2022 Why does this company need actuaries?<br \/>\n\u2022 What computer skills do you have? (Excel, SAS, Visual Basic\u2026)<br \/>\n\u2022 What type of work do you like to do best?<br \/>\n\u2022 Describe in detail your recent actuarial\/excel projects.<br \/>\n\u2022 What do you plan on getting from this internship?<br \/>\n\u2022 Why did you go into actuarial science?<br \/>\n\u2022 Tell me about this job you had \u2026<br \/>\n\u2022 Do you prefer to work in groups or by yourself?<br \/>\n\u2022 What do you expect an ideal company to be like?<br \/>\n\u2022 Tell about a situation in which you persuaded a large group to change their course of action.<br \/>\n\u2022 Tell me about a time in which you had to teach\/train others and what the outcome was.<br \/>\n\u2022 Tell me about a time in which you had to deal with ambiguity and what the outcome was.<br \/>\n\u2022 Tell me about a time when you had to work with a difficult person and how you managed the process.<br \/>\n\u2022 What kind of work are you looking for?<br \/>\n\u2022 What area of actuarial field you are interested in? Life, casualty, pension, health?<br \/>\n\u2022 Have you taken any exams? If yes, but did not pass, how are you going to prepare yourself for the next exam?<br \/>\n\u2022 What was your most\/least favorite actuarial class? Why?<br \/>\n\u2022 What are your weaknesses\/ strengths?<br \/>\n\u2022 Describe a recent important decision you made.<br \/>\n\u2022 Describe a situation where you were not in a leadership role, but you had to change someone\u2019s opinion.<br \/>\n\u2022 Describe something in your life that you are most\/least proud of.<br \/>\n\u2022 Describe a situation that portrays your reading\/communication skills.<br \/>\n\u2022 Give an example that shows your analytical\/leadership\/interpersonal skills.<br \/>\n\u2022 Who is your idol?<br \/>\n\u2022 What do you like to do in\u00a0your leisure time?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Additional tips to prepare for the interview &#8211; <\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Go online and read about the company: their products, their goals, their innovations, etc.<br \/>\n\u2022 Prepare interesting questions to ask; could be associated with what you have found out about the company, or just questions you are interested in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actuarialscience.ning.com\">www.actuarialscience.ning.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the frequently asked questions in Actuarial Interviews &#8211; \u2022 Why do you want to be an actuary? How did you hear about actuarial science? \u2022 What are your future plans\/goals? \u2022 Where do you see yourself 5\/10\/15 years from now? \u2022 Why do you want to work in this company? \u2022 Why are you applying for this job? \u2022 What distinguishes you from other twenty people who can do the same task that you can? \u2022 Why does this company need actuaries? \u2022 What computer skills do you have? (Excel, SAS, Visual Basic\u2026) \u2022 What type of work do you like to do best? \u2022 Describe in detail your recent actuarial\/excel projects. \u2022 What do you plan on getting from this internship? \u2022 Why did you go into actuarial science? \u2022 Tell me about this job you had \u2026 \u2022 Do you prefer to work in groups or by yourself? \u2022 What do you expect an ideal company to be like? \u2022 Tell about a situation in which you persuaded a large group to change their course of action. \u2022 Tell me about a time in which you had to teach\/train others and what the outcome was. \u2022 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-analytics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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