I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at John Hancock
Interview
Spoke to hiring manager by phone (position was home based), answered questions about my experience. Discussed salary expectations, work availability, experience. I was able to ask many questions of interviewer. It was quick and professional.
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at John Hancock (Windsor, CT)
Interview
Strong analytical underwriting shop. Phone interview, in person interview. Underwriting evaluation of the underwriting skills via case review of formal and informal case.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at John Hancock (Boston, MA) in Jul 2010
Interview
There were 4 interviews in total, the first one with HR (basic background question), the second two meetings were basically the same, but with two different Underwriting Mangers (mostly behavioral questions), the 3rd one was with the head of the Underwriting Dept. (mostly personal questions) the last was a skills test and formal paperwork.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The skills test was a 15 min timed quiz with SAT like questions, including, math, writing, analytical, grammar, etc, (allowed to use a calculator)