Actuarial Association2nd General Meeting

10/04/20132:00 pm – 3:30 pm HSSB 1173

Career Fair PreparationInterview WorkshopExcel Workshop

News and Upcoming Events

•Membership•Intramural Basketball Team

News and Upcoming Events

•Membership Dues•Intramural Basketball Team•Newsletter•Additional Membership Benefit

Student Profile

News and Upcoming Events

•Membership Dues•Intramural Basketball Team•Newsletter•Additional Membership Benefit•Upcoming:

▫10/9: Towers Watson and Fidelity▫10/10: Actuary Career Fair▫10/17: CAS and Well point

Career Fair Tips and Advice

•Bring copies of your resume •Do research on companies •Attend information sessions•Business Formal•Be courteous•Speak to all companies •Socialize with fellow classmates •Ask for business card•Smile

Interview Workshop

Behavioral

Behavioral•What are your 3 strengths?•What are your 3 weaknesses?•Describe yourself with 5 words.•Tell me about yourself.•What are your career goals?•What is your ideal job?•Do you work better in a team or individually?•Why should I hire you?•Why do you want to work for us?•How would you describe your personality?

Interview Workshop

Behavioral Situational

Situational

•Tell me about a time you demonstrated taking the initiative in something.

•Tell me about a time you had to work under a lot of stress.

•Tell me about a time you had to work with difficult people in a team.

•We're looking for someone diverse to deploy to various clients, how are you going to be adaptable?

Interview Workshop

Behavioral

Technical

Situational

Technical

•Please enlighten me on a current event regarding the actuarial profession.

•What do you know about the company?•What does an Actuary do?•What is a duration?•Tell me more about “_____”. (insert

project/paper/etc. from resume)

Interview Workshop

Behavioral

Logical / AnalyticalTechnical

Situational

Logical / Analytical

• Estimate the number of high schools in the state of California.

• Write a code that would produce the following output:

11 31 3 51 3 5 7 1 3 5 7 9

• How many airplanes are in the sky right now?• How many gas stations are there in Texas?