关于精算的面试:
我之前黄了好多面试。关键是我面完之后总觉得自己面的挺好,准备的稿子都背上来了~但是还是黄了。为什么?因为我说的不是人家想要的,确实是流利的背出来了,但是答案不是人家想要的。我私下找过好多我通过networking认识的FCAS,了解到他们真正想要的candidate,问他们到底expect什么样的candidate,到底expect什么样的interview answer。
总结了一下~
首先由于中美文化差异,我们觉得好的对的东西,美国人不一定觉得好。我们觉得我们英语口语不好是个极大的问题,其实老美如果同意sponsor,而且我们能正常的交流,口语不好不会成为很大的绊脚石,只要我们能体现出来潜力和热情~当然多练习,不能表现出来紧张是很重要的~
个人素质行为:面试的时候一定要自信,握手有力,站直坐直不要晃动,时刻谦虚谨慎(我以前感觉老美喜欢aggressive的,我错了,其实我觉得表现的谦虚一定会给自己加分),时刻微笑,眼睛对视,少量肢体语言,有主见有自己的想法,表现出来对position极大的热情~
Lunch Interview: Talk about hobby, ask about the area(attraction nearby, recent events, weather/climate), sports teams, travel, locoal culture, things to do, corporate/department culture, student program, company-sponsored activities, exam progress (which exam did they find the most difficult to study for, what exam seem to best help them understand their work), advice on balancing your studying for exam and getting the work done, how often they work with other divisions.......
Case Interview: They really don't expect you to know the technical terms before. They just want to see how you solve the problem/case by COMMON SENSE, so that they can see your potential in the future by using your COMMON SENSE. Also, watch out for teamwork and taking the initiative in the group case interview~
Full Interview:
回答问题的时候绝不要go to detail first,一定要big picture first,美国人有一种communicating skill叫做top-down method,回答问题的时候切忌一上来就给一大堆detail,结果人家根本不care。要big picture first,然后如果人家感兴趣的话会继续深入问的~. 1point3acres.com/bbs
Full Interview有三种, resume-based questions, personality question 和 behavioral questons.本文原创自1point3acres论坛
Resume-based questions基本就是问简历里面的东西,像你这个实习干啥了,你这个活动干啥了等等的。For example, tell me about your internship experience with XYC company? 回答这种简历问题的策略是big picture first... I learned three major technical things during this internship. 1.Excel/VBA/Access 2.Industry 3... In addition, I improved three of my soft skills. 1. presentation skill, for example. 2. documentation skill, for example. 3. Attention to detail...总之一定要big picture first,条理清楚,如果他们感兴趣的话会继续问其他的细节的。另一种resume question就是他们会直接问你这个实习的project是什么。那你就还是要big picture first,总结一下project, impact to the company等等的。总之回答简历问题的时候就big picture first即可,如果别人感兴趣的话会深入问的~建议把自己简历上的所有经历总结一遍写在纸上,多练习~
Behavioral questions就是give me an example of /walk through a time that blahblah.基本遇到的就是teamwork, communicating with non-actuarial people, leadership, taking the initiative, persuade others to do something in your way, attention to details, flexible with different managers, time management, be creative to solve a problem, problem solving, giving recommendation, toughest decision, dealing with a shitty team member...基本就让你给这些的例子。回答的话就是要简洁。WHEN, WHERE, WHAT I DID, RESULT三分钟一个顶多~ 四海中国人
建议把自己所有的这些例子打印出来,多练习~很多题目都是互相串通的,只不过问法可能不一样,以上列举的这些如果都找到了例子,那么再偏的题也能灵活结合自己的经历举出来例子~
personality question就是看你有没有主见。美国人非常重视个人主见。问题有why should we hire you?(explain from both technical and soft skills) tell me about yourself? why actuary? (love math and am interested in bussiness, like networking and so on) why P&C? (so many lines of businesses, so much variability, with the fundermental theory of frequency and severity, it sounds much more attractive to me) what do you know about our company? Why our company? 5/10 years career goal? (first 5 year pass all exams. really learn from my manager how department/company/industry works, after 5 years, i anticipate to be able to operate with an independent mind, identify problems and respective solutions, identify principle that lead to our department being highly fuctional and effective, etc) strength? weakness? what do you want your manager to be like?(Friend and mentor) Industry knowledge? What's your most/least favorite class?(Don't say math/actuarial/stat. They are boring to hear. Say like world music or geography and why~show your personality).
面试最后一个环节,问问题。问这些好:what do you enjoy most about working at the company? why did you choose an actuarial career the first place? Especially the P&C actuarial career the first place? How long have you been with the company? What's your responsibility of the position? What is your expectation for me in 3/6/12 months if I will be given this great opportunity? Can you give me an example of a project that I might be doing? Could you give me some information about the structure of the department? What do I need to do before I start if I am given this great opportunity, from both technical and soft skills part? What's the next step in the process?
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说实话上面我列举的问题基本就涵盖了90%我遇到的面试问题。东西都差不多,最多换了个问法~
如果时间充裕的话,通过networking多认识一些精算师,然后你可以时不时的shoot them an email 让他们看看这个问题你的回答好不好一类的。不断归纳总结自己的那个“稿子”~拿到了一个实习并且过了几门考试之后,后面的事情就好办了