I got the interview by cold e-mailing the Senior VP of Actuarial with my resume. He then forwarded my information to HR who contacted me for a phone interview and subsequently scheduled an in-person interview soon after. Though I lived over 300 miles away, Unitrin did not provide any travel expense reimbursement, nor would they offer any relocation assistance with their offer. The phone interview with HR was pretty standard fair. Leading up the the live interview, my HR contact mentioned that the dress code was business casual. Of course, I still maintained business professional. But upon arriving at the office, I found that "business casual" encompasses t-shirts and shorts. The live interview consisted of a 3 person panel with the Director of Actuarial (he was wearing the t-shirt and shorts), a Senior Actuary, and an Actuarial Analyst. This was actually my first panel interview. But it went pretty well considering it was the Director that did most of the talking between the three in the panel. The panel interview lasted about 2 hours. The 1:1 interview with the Senior VP of Actuarial was much more brief. HR e-mailed me a link to a skills test a couple of days later. The skills test was pretty easy. Anything I didn't know how to do, I googled it. HR contacted me a little more than 2 weeks later on a Friday with an offer. The offer was much lower than what you'd expect for an entry level actuarial analyst (with 2.5 exams). Also, I was only given the weekend to consider the offer, which felt very rushed. When I asked for more time to make a decision as I had other pending interviews, it was not granted. So of course, given the current economy, I accepted the offer the following Monday. I did not bother to negotiate the offer as I didn't want to risk losing a job offer in this economy. The job offer came with no relocation assistance or signing bonus.

It was smooth and quick. The vp seemed knowledgeable and he emphasized how he wanted the interview to be more of a conversation rather than an interview. He had clear and considerate answers to my questions at the end