Prudential Interview Questions

90 total interview insight submissions

Interview Experience (95%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

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The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.8
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Interview Difficulty (89%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

2.7
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% Interns - FT Offers (86%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at Prudential

YearPositionLocationGroup/DivisionExperienceDifficulty
2023Summer Intern 2023NewarkRisk ManagementPositiveVery Easy
2022PGIM CIO 2023 Summer AnalystNewarkInvestment ManagementNeutralEasy
2022InternNewarkOperationsPositiveAverage
2021Investment real estate New YorkReal EstatePositiveAverage
2021Summer AnalystSan FranciscoReal EstateNeutralAverage
2020Corporate Finance InternshipNewarkOperationsNeutralAverage
2020Actuarial InternHong KongActuarialNeutralVery Easy
2019Associate ManagerNewarkInsuranceVery PositiveEasy
2016Actuarial InternHong KongN/APositiveEasy
2008accounting associatenewarkInvestmentsPositiveEasy

Summer Intern 2023 Interview - Risk Management

Anonymous interview candidate in Newark

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: January 2023 Date Submitted: Jan 26, 2023

Application

Other

Interview

It was a hirevue interview that consisted of 3 questions. They were your general behavioral questions that you would expect at other interviews, though one was more Prudential specific.

Interview Questions

Tell me about a time that you had a conflict in a team setting? What motivated you to solve the issue and how did you do it?
Sample Answer

PGIM CIO 2023 Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Management

Anonymous interview candidate in Newark

Outcome

Declined Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: August 2022 Date Submitted: Aug 31, 2022

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview

Interview

Initial interview consisted of online screening process with classic behavioral questions such as "describe a time when you disagreed with a colleague" followed by an additional interview with someone within the CIO of PGIM.

Interview Questions

Math exam
If you could pick one item from each of the three financial statements, what would they be and why?
Why PGIM?
Sample Answer

Intern Interview - Operations

Anonymous employee in Newark

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: April 2022 Date Submitted: Aug 30, 2022

Application

1 on 1 Interview
Drug Test
Background Check
Other

Interview

hirevue about interests and teams, two back to interviews for superday about baseline operational knowledge

Interview Questions

Tell me about AI
Sample Answer

Investment real estate Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: November 2021 Date Submitted: Nov 21, 2021

Application

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

First I applied on prudentials website. Next i got a hirevue and a 1-1 interview went pretty well lots of technicals.

Interview Questions

The most difficult question was where do you see yourself faulting in the next few years.
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Summer Analyst Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: August 2021 Date Submitted: Sep 28, 2021

Application

Other

Interview

Typical hirevue first step. Pretty general behavior questions and some real estate-specific ones. Difficult part was that there was only 1 attempt at each question, no redos. One question was "What type of real estate would you invest in now?"

Interview Questions

What type of real estate would you invest in?
Sample Answer

Corporate Finance Internship Interview - Operations

Anonymous interview candidate in Newark

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: July 2020 Date Submitted: Oct 16, 2020

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

I took two hirevue interviews. The first one asked mainly behavioral questions (describe a time you faced a challenge in your group project) and the second was also behavioral (describe a time you used technology to make your group work more efficient) but also asked why I wanted the role.

Interview Questions

Describe a time you suggested a technology change that increased efficiency in your group project.
Sample Answer

Actuarial Intern Interview - Actuarial

Anonymous employee in Hong Kong

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: March 2020 Date Submitted: Jun 17, 2020

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

Applied through the school job board, received a phone interview invite. Interviewed with a junior to mid actuarial analyst in the same team. Got a verbal offer on the phone, was asked to reply that day, then an offer email.

Interview Questions

1. How do you calculate the duration of financial securities? How do you interpret durations? (Hint: two methods, the one that doesn't consider the discount rate and the Macaulay duration)
2. How will you allocate assets for an insurance company? (Hint: consider matching the asset duration to the life of liabilities (which are usually long and demand proper settlement; consider the risk and return profile of different types of assets, e.g., equities are high-risk high-return, and bonds are the opposite, and then consider the requirement of the insurance company).
Sample Answer

Associate Manager Interview - Insurance

Anonymous employee in Newark

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: January 2019 Date Submitted: Mar 28, 2019

Application

1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Drug Test
Background Check

Interview

Applied through the company's career website and was reached out to by HR within a week. The first 3 person 1 on 1 interview was scheduled within 1 week of contact with roughly a 2 week break in between the second 3 person 1 on 1 interview. Once the verbal offer was extended, the background and drug test took roughly 1 month to finalize. The offer is contingent on passing both the drug test and background check

Interview Questions

The questions were fairly basic for both interviews. The managers and directors wanted to get a feel for how an individual would perform under pressure. Why I am looking to leave my current position and why I chose Prudential and Financial Services as an industry choice (I came from a non-Financial Services industry). What motivates me and how I perform working individually and within a team of a group of people. What my strength and weaknesses are and how I would improve on them. How I feel about giving presentations and if I get nervous before them. How my background in schooling and work has lead me to a good fit for this position.
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Actuarial Intern Interview

Anonymous employee in Hong Kong

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: August 2016 Date Submitted: Dec 26, 2018

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

Online application through the university website. After 3 weeks, I received a phone call from my manager and conducted a phone interview 3 hours later.

Interview Questions

The interview lasted for 1 hour. It included self introduction, motivation, courses and past experiences. Then the interviewer introduced the team and the company. Afterwards, some technical questions like what are the four assumptions for insurances. Finally a behavioural question but it was very easy. The interviewer was very nice and the interview was conducted smoothly, without too much pressure. One unexpected question was the interviewer asked me to repeat part of his works, which was regarding to the correction of my previous answer.
Sample Answer

accounting associate Interview - Investments

Anonymous employee in newark

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: June 2008 Date Submitted: Dec 08, 2018

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Drug Test
Background Check

Interview

Interviewed with Prudential Financial for an accounting associate opportunity. This group supported the prudential capital group (PCG). Plenty of pivot tables, using Oracle, and PAM, PAM is an accounting program used specifically for the PE debt loans PCG specializes in. Don't worry if you have no experience with PAM, they don't expect you too. There is training available PAM. PAM is a Citrix product.

Interview Questions

One on-campus interview, followed by two in-person interviews at their Newark location. I feel the most difficult part was they didn't explain what the capital group did very well. They called the loans "deals" over and over and not truly explaining that or the link their group had to the capital group.
One interviewer, who became my boss, was extremely easy mainly behavioral and zero technical questions. The second interviewer asked several questions over and over or would slightly re-word the question. It was really annoying. I am not sure if the interviewer was inexperienced or did this to frustrate you.
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