Towers Watson Actuary Intern Interview Questions & Reviews

Interview Details – Applied for the position online after meeting with representatives at a career fair. Received a call from a recruiter about two months later to setup a phone interview with HR. Phone was a few days later had standard questions, mostly reviewing my resume. I received notification of being called for an onsite interview. I was flown to the Cleveland branch office where I met with six individuals, all somewhere in the actuary track. The first four were primarily behavioral with standard interview questions (i.e. how do you solve a problem with a group member etc.). The day ended with a two on one lunch interview, relaxed and casual.

Reason for Declining – Accepted a position elsewhere

Interview Details – Dropped resume on career center website, and was contacted several days later to schedule an on campus interview. Standard behavioral interview with questions about past experiences, resume, etc...About 45 minutes long, pretty straightforward. It was my first interview, so I was extremely nervous, even though the interviewer was extremely nice.

Interview Details – Very good process. The interview was very relaxed. There was a first round phone interview and then a super day in the office. Met with several members of the team and then went out to lunch. Four interviews total.

Interview Details – I had my first interview on my school campus at Columbia. A few weeks after they called me in for their Superday. There were about 16 other candidates there. They have my 4 back to back interviews, an orientation and a lunch. They called me several hours after interviewing with the internship offer.

Interview Details – Phone interview about two months prior to being offered a final office interview. Very easy office interview I thought, mostly just went over my resume with three different senior analysts and talked with other younger employees over lunch in the conference room. Ask basic interview questions: An example when you took initiative, what you know about the company, what made you want to become an actuary, etc. Was my first professional interview and I'm glad it wasn't anything to worry about too much, didn't try to poke my brain at all with case study or behavioral questions.

Interview Details – I like most of the people who interviewed me except one junior associate kept asking me how much I know about behavior questions.

Interview Details – First I was interviewed for about a half an hour by a human resources representative. I was contacted about a week later to come in for an in office interview, for which transportation and a hotel were provided by the company. The interview process lasted about 6 hours and included an informational session, 3 half an hour 1:1 interviews, a group lunch with other interviewees and recent hires and ended with a question and answer session. The interviews varied with one being very relaxed and unscripted and one being very formal with an expectation that I had come with LOTS of questions prepared. The other was in between.
I was called with an offer about a week after the interview.

Interview Details – Two rounds: first spoke with a recruiter over the phone and then was invited in for a super day. Phone interview was pretty basic...seemed to just be screening out the outliers. Super day was great--everyone was very personable and asked mostly behavioral/ethical questions. Took me out to dinner the night before to a very nice restaurant.

Interview Details – I only did a phone interview so far. The questions are the usual competency based ones. I.e. name a situation where you were innovative and state the result. Talk about a long-term relationship you maintained. What are the most important factors for you in terms of maintaining a long-term relationship. Why did you apply for this particular department at Towers Watson. Why did you apply to our firm etc etc.