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Sun Life Financial Interview Experiences

Business Analyst

Toronto, ON

Summer 2026No Offer

York University · Business Administration

2nd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 0 past internships

Easy Interview

BehavioralVirtualSlow process

30 minute Zoom with an HR manager, 3 or 4 behavioral questions. Tell me about yourself, a time you wokred on something you weren't an expert in, how you handle competing priorities. No technical content at all. Took over a month to hear back after the interview

Questions Asked

  1. 1.What is a traceability matrix and why is it used in project delivery

Actuarial Analyst

Toronto, ON

Summer 2026Accepted

University of Waterloo · Actuarial Science

Alumni · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 4+ past internships

Easy Interview

BehavioralVirtualFast process

Glad I reviewed pricing vs valuation in insurance, asked about it. Phone screen with HR then a zoom with a team lead and director. Program takes around 70 students, lots of exam support

Questions Asked

  1. 1.What is claims reserving and why is it important?
  2. 2.Tell me about your most challenging exam and how you prepared for it.

Compliance Analyst

Toronto, ON

Summer 2026Accepted

Dalhousie University · Commerce

3rd year · 1 past internship

Average Interview

BehavioralVirtualMultiple rounds

They were friendly about explaining context for the regulatory stuff. Panel with two compliance team members, CIRO and insurance regulatory frameworks came up plus a scenario about identifying a conflict of interest in client dealings

Questions Asked

  1. 1.What is Value at Risk and how is it calculated?
  2. 2.Explain counterparty credit risk

Digital Enterprise Coordinator

Summer 2023Accepted

Wilfrid Laurier University · BBA & CS Double Degree

3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 2 past internships

EasyVirtualResume ReviewConversational

There was only 1 interview for this role. The experience was very conversational and featured behaviour syle situational questions. They did ask a few clarifying questions about my resume and cover letter which demonstrated that they actually read it over in detail. No techncial questions. An interesting question they asked at the end centered around value and how you persoanlly measure value/impact

Actuarial Analyst

Laval, QC

Summer 2025No Offer

Concordia University · Actuarial Mathematics

3rd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 1 past internship

Average Interview

Multiple roundsSlow processVirtual

A few thirty mminute interviews across two rounds, each with a different actuary. They kept asking about the differences between valuation and pricingliterally in 3/4 interviews. One of them asked me to explain term vs whole life insurance and my favourite subject during my degree. Process took almost a month

Questions Asked

  1. 1.What is IBNR and how do you estimate it?

Actuarial Analyst

Fall 2025Accepted

Wilfrid Laurier University · BBA/UWaterloo BMath

5th year · 3.7+ GPA · 4+ past internships

BehavioralTechnicalConversational

Ask about your resume and experience, and a couple technical questions about what teams you were on in your coops

Data Analyst

Toronto, ON

Winter 2026Accepted

University of Waterloo · Mathematics

Alumni · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 2 past internships

Easy Interview

ConversationalVirtual

Easiest interview I've done at a bank, pre-recorded video and then a teams call where the manager just chatted with me about my resume for 30 min

Questions Asked

  1. 1.Explain the difference between p-value and confidence intervals in plain language
  2. 2.Write a SQL query to find all users active in both January and February

Site Reliability Engineer

Fall 2025Accepted

Toronto Metropolitan University · Business Technology Management

3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 1 past internship

EasyVirtualBehavioralConversational

Not too bad not much technical questions very polite interviewer and more tell me about your self, why you wanna join the company etc. and going through your resume

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