Interview Skills Workshop
Arthur Rahn
Noreen Iqbal
Hymans Robertson LLP and Hymans Robertson Financial Services LLP are
authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority
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Introduction
Preparing for Interviews. What to expect...
Types of Interviews
Types of interview questions
Hints and Tips / Common mistakes
Interview Questions Exercise
Q&A session
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Real People
Real Skills
Real Results
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Hymans Robertson – Who we are
Independent Partnership
Established in 1921
47 partners
500 employees
£47.2 million fee income
Birmingham, London, Glasgow and Edinburgh
A member of Abelica Global
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Services to clients
Trustee Services
Financial & Risk Management
Governance & Plan Management
Pension Administration
Communications & Engagement
Benefits Strategy & Design
Public Sector
Corporate Consulting
Financial & Risk Management
Corporate Transactions
Governance & Plan Management
Communications & Engagement
Benefits Strategy and Design
Actuarial Consulting
Benefits Consulting
Investment Consulting
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What we do
Actuarial
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Valuations
Funding Strategy
Accounting support
Mergers and acquisitions
Individual member projections
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Scheme Administration
Record keeping
Benefit statement
Pension fund accounts
Payroll
Investments
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Scheme Design &
Management
Third Party Admin
Strategy
Modelling
Manager selection
Performance monitoring
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Strategic advice
Risk management/broking
Trustee training
Scheme secretarial services
Benefit design
Club
Corporate
VITA
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UK pension
schemes
Management
of pension
manage
liabilities longevity risk
•• Richest
of longevity
Fundingsource
negotiations
• knowledge
Implementation of strategic
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Analytics tailored for each
member
• scheme
Corporate
transactions
• Service is independent
from actuarial advice
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Why are we different?
Market position
UK’s leading independent experts in investments &
benefits
1 of the largest employers of actuaries excluding life
companies
A recognition of our staff as our key asset
Market leader in public sector
£85 billion of assets under management
1 of the highest customer satisfaction ratings in
financial services carried out by an independent
researcher
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Are you an
original thinker?
Shabna Begum
Birmingham office
Actuarial trainee
Are you a
good
communicator?
Do you have a
solid footing in
mathematics?
Not all
actuarial
consultants
are the
same
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Our Core Competencies
Communication, Influencing and Consultancy skills
Personal Effectiveness/Motivation
Planning and Organisational Ability
Adaptability & Flexibility
Job & Career Motivation
Technical Skills & Commercial Awareness
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A typical interview process. What to
expect...
What would you do if you had in interview tomorrow
morning? Discuss.
Review job specification, application form and CV
Examples to match up to possible competency
questions
Research the company (history, awards, locations)
Location, route and time planning (including contact
numbers)
Appearance – Dress code / General hygiene
First impressions
Think about relevant questions to ask
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Types of Interviews
Telephone Interviews
Face to face interviews
Panel Interviews
Assessments
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Types of interview questions
Competency / Behavioural questions
Technical questions
Strengths / Weaknesses based questions
Chronological questions
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Hints & Tips
On the day
Building Rapport
Feedback – what next?
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Questions?
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