McMaster University · Actuarial and Financial Mathematics
2nd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 0 past internships
Average Interview
TechnicalVirtual
30 min with 3 people from the internship committee, apparently all co-op students from the previous term. First half was them explaining the role and asking about my interest in actuarial work. Then toward the end they switched to quantitative stuff like binomial theorem and what a t-test does and then hypothesis testing applied to a business scenario. The hypothesis testing one was the toughest, review that from your stats courses. They were nice overall though
Questions Asked
1.“What is credibility weighting and when is it used?”
2.“Whats the difference between claim frequency and severity trends and how do you project each?”
Business Analyst
Toronto, ON
Summer 2026No Offer
Wilfrid Laurier University · Business Administration
3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 1 past internship
Average Interview
BehavioralVirtualMultiple rounds
Know the basics of group benefits products before going in. Teams call was with two people from the group benefits team. Behavioral questions about working with large datasets and a scenario where I had to explain how I'd automate a monthly reporting process. They also asked about my SQL background and comfort with tableau. The insurance context came up a lot
Questions Asked
1.“Out of all your options why are you most interested in Manulife Financial?”
2.“How would you document an integration between two enterprise systems?”
3.“How do you manage competing priorities when multiple stakeholders all think their request is urgent?”
Software Developer
Toronto, ON
Fall 2024No Offer
Toronto Metropolitan University · Business Management
2nd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 0 past internships
Average Interview
BehavioralMultiple roundsVirtual
OA was one big question split into three parts that build on each other, all practical implementation not leetcode. The onsite had data parsing and then an integration round with a real github repo and API docs
Questions Asked
1.“What is the saga pattern for managing distributed transactions?”
Financial Analyst
Toronto, ON
Summer 2025Accepted
Queen's University · Commerce
2nd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 0 past internships
Easy Interview
ConversationalFast processVirtual
HR interview then some questions about basic financial statements, what they are used for and when to use them, communication from recruitment was bad
Questions Asked
1.“Whats the difference between capex and opex?”
Accounting
Summer 2024No Offer
University of Waterloo · Business and Mathematics
5th year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 4+ past internships
Unexpected QuestionsFast process
Just one interview, was caught off guard by some of the questions related to specific depreciation scenarios other than that standard co-op interview
Data Science
Summer 2025No Offer
University of Toronto · Computer Information Technology
3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 1 past internship
Multiple roundsTechnicalGhostedFast process
Took 1 week total 2 interviews a couple days apart. Standard process HR round then manager round, technical questions were focused around CI/CD and Github mostly
Actuarial Analyst
Toronto, ON
Winter 2026Accepted
University of Waterloo · Actuarial Science
3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 1 past internship
Easy Interview
BehavioralTechnicalMultiple roundsVirtual
Smooth process, got the offer. HR round then actuaries. Exam questions and basic probability
Questions Asked
1.“Describe a situation where you had to balance accuracy with a practical deadline”