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Updated Jan 9, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Actuarial Internship at Mercer
Posted Jan 9, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took 3 weeks)
I was interviewed through my school's career services. Interviewer mostly went through my resume and asked questions about what I've done in the past. Mostly typical first round interview questions, such as career aspirations, why you want to work at Mercer, etc. Not a lot of technical questions. Then, she let me ask questions about the company.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Client Services Manager at Mercer
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Dallas, TX (took 6 weeks)
Recruiter was excellent in following up at every step. In person interviews were the shortest I've ever had, which made it challenging to understand the interviewers perceptions of me and my background. The feedback I was given when told that I was not going to receive an offer made me think that the outcome might have different if I had time to get a better sense of the interviewers perceptions and overcome those.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Actuarial Consultant at Mercer
Posted Nov 15, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
The interviewer only asked questions about my experience. It includes tell me about yourself, your experience for last internship. Why do you choose Mercer? I think this is the question that I didn't prepare well. I am the last person he interviewed that day. Apparently, he has no patience to ask a lot of questions.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Investment Consulting Analyst at Mercer
Posted Nov 7, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
Signed up through an on-campus interview and was granted an interview a week later. Had a first round interview and was contacted a week later for a second round interview at their office.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Human Capital Analyst at Mercer
Posted Nov 3, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
The second round interview is a day of interviews at the office. There were 4 interviews, 2 fit, 1 quant oriented case, and 1 general case. There was also a quantitative test (but they don't expect you to finish it). Then we had an optional lunch with some of the people at the office. I would advise just doing research on the firm and knowing how to tell a story about your experiences. Also if you haven't taken timed quant tests for a while maybe brush up on that--although I don't think that contributes much to their final decision. Overall everyone was really friendly and helpful, although I did sense some tensions between the Human Capital group and the bureaucratic systems that the overall company uses (which may be more suitable for other divisions like Health and Benefits, etc.).
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Retirement Consulting, Actuarial at Mercer
Posted Oct 27, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
The first round was a 30 minute behavioral interview. It was a standard interview in which he asked questions about my resume. The interview was pretty conversational--not too formal. He also asked some fun questions regarding my interests and what my favorite class in college was. I was invited for a second interview but have not had it yet.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Actuarial Analyst at Mercer
Posted Oct 24, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
I had a thirty minute interview with what I would call a "proxy interviewer." He asked me some routine questions and jotted down a bunch of notes. I was interviewing for an actuarial position but the man wasn't an actuary so he couldn't ask me very technical questions or answer some of my technical questions.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Principal Consultant at Mercer
Posted Sep 27, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 (took 3+ months)
The hiring process consisted of multiple interviews with individuals at a Principal or Pertner level, phone interviews with HR, a personality test (to determine suitability), a psychological interview, and math and essay exams.
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Negotiation Details
There was not much negotiation. The positions have bands of compensation that the Mercer hiring manager can offer you with fixed % possible for bonuses (which I never saw awarded up to the potential amount, so the upper strata of these bands and comp levels are largely HR fictions). That said, there was some very modest wiggle room in negotiating with them.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Actuarial Analyst at Mercer
Posted Sep 24, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2009 in New York, NY (took 3 days)
Chill workplace. A lot of for questions. They pay a lot of attention to the number of exams passed
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Actuarial Intern at Mercer
Posted Sep 21, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 in Washington, DC (took 2 days)
After submitting my resume I had a panel interview with 2 employees. They were very kind, informative, and made the processes very comfortable. Within a few weeks they notified me that I would progress to a second round interview. They arranged for my stay in a very nice hotel suite adjacent to the office building since I was traveling several hours for a half day of interviews. I interviewed with three separate individuals, and a panel of two employees over a lunch that they covered. I wasn't asked any skills testing questions, but instead they asked personality questions and allowed me to ask a lot of questions.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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