Actuarial applicants have rated the interview process at Pacific Life with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Actuarial roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Pacific Life overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Pacific Life as a Actuarial according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Group panel interview: 25%
Background check: 15%
Skills test: 10%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pacific Life in Oct 2016
Interview
The first round is a phone interview with either HR or an actuary. The questions here are pretty standard. You talk about your educational experience, your work history, your technical skills (make sure you can talk about the Excel functionalities you can use), leadership skills. Lots of "tell me a time when..." questions.
The second round is the final round that's done via video conferencing. You will be on an interview panel with several other candidates, and yes, you can hear everyone's responses. Candidates will go down the row answering the same question one at a time. The questions are also pretty standard. There are about 4-5 questions in total, since it will take a while for everyone to give their answers.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me about a technical project that you did and how you analyzed it.
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