Applied online through University's recruiting. Submitted a resume and was called up without scheduling a phone interview. This phone call was a general conversation about interests and activities--a walk through of the resume. I then had a campus interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Prove Conditional Formatting on the whiteboard in the room. Discuss an outline for how you would solve an excel problem (2 vectors of unknown length, and client policy information).
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Transamerica (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Interview
I applied online and was contacted by a recruiter to set up a phone interview. This went well and so I went onto to have another phone interview with an actuary. This part also went well and I asked what their next steps in the hiring process would be like; she had no idea. She got back to me saying the process was open-ended as they were also recruiting college students. Waited about a month and contacted the recruiter about the process and she took weeks to get back to me. In the meantime, I contacted the actuary and she still didn't know when any decisions would be made.
This company doesn't really have it together. I suggest not applying in the first place.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Transamerica in Oct 2014
Interview
Applied Online--On campus interview
I applied on our campus job website. Then I got an on campus interview. I am still waiting for the results. The interviewer is a FSA, a nice person.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Salary expectation 2. Why do you leave your current company? 3. What do you like best/least about your current job? 3. What do you know about Transamerica 4. Any questions for me?
Actuarial Student applicants have rated the interview process at Transamerica with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 48.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Actuarial Student roles take an average of 41 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Transamerica overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Transamerica as a Actuarial Student according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
Skills test: 17%
Background check: 17%
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