Actuary applicants have rated the interview process at Swiss Re with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Actuary roles take an average of 240 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Swiss Re overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Swiss Re as a Actuary according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
Very long but professionnal. Many interviews with people spread around europe. The interviews tend to be one sided and the candidate has 2-3 minutes to ask questions at the end.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
why swiss re? What motivates you about this position?
Difficult but friendly people. Lots of different stages unfortunately. Had to travel in person which I didn’t think was necessary. Overall the actual questions were fair though it must be said.
one online registration + 2 rounds, one longer in person, one only personal, online. First one both techical and personal, with the manager plus a member of the team. second one with the head of the department.
I applied online. I interviewed at Swiss Re (Zürich) in Jul 2023
Interview
Case studies with classical interview questions, some technical questions on programming and day to day job. Overall classical interview, no big news. Interview in 2 rounds with discussion with 2 teams.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do to reprice a bad performing portfolio