I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Pacific Life (Newport Beach, CA) in Feb 2010
Interview
2 phone interviews; the first was with HR (obvious questions to match up with keywords for the job). The second was with the hiring manager. Wanted lots of detail and wanted a skill set (experience working for a company that creates variable annuities) that is rare locally. Not really interested in hearing about other experience of a similar level of complexity
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It wasn't really a question; it was a re-iteration (several times) about how important it was to have experience with a company that created variable annuity instruments
It was very difficult, STAR technical, recruiter calls and star based questions both behavioral and technical with leetcode style technical questions. Recruiting process took forever. The phone call with recruiter scheduled two weeks after initial email
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Pacific Life (Omaha, NE) in Oct 2017
Interview
PHONE INTERVIEW; THEN INTERVIEW IN PERSON, applied online, was found via linkedin, pleasant recruiter, and pleasant management for the interview, found out result quickly and painlessly - quick and easy interview process and fast results.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Normal interview, normal questions - STAR Format. Normal job function duties, if hours were acceptable, pay acceptable, and able to attend work and training within normal means. No beyond the normal questions, and was able to answer each effortlessly.