I applied through college or university. I interviewed at New York Life
Interview
This was the worst interview of my professional career. I met NYL at my university's career fair and they told me about their interesting career opportunities, so I requested an interview. After a pre-interview questionnaire, I wrote them to make sure this is not a sales representative position. They said no.
At the site, I actually did not get interviewed, but the manager was only talking about the compensation of their "financial planner". Great compensation, interesting compensation, $k compensation. After the compensation talk, I asked, how an internship would actually look like. The manager then told me that they do not take interns, but would put me on hold, so I can start my great career as a "financial planner" right out of college.
This was a complete joke and waste of my time and uber-money.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How much compensation did you get in your previous job?
I applied online. I interviewed at New York Life (New York, NY) in Jan 2026
Interview
applied online 2 interviews, all behavior, one with hr and one with the team. Overall its a easy interview process. I didn't get a offer but the whole process took around 2 months.
Easy process, phone call with recruiter and then director. Behavioral and a few technical questions about experience with softwares. Overall nothing tricky and prepared a little. Didnt hear back for some time and had to follow up a couple of times.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself. Tell me about a time you were a leader
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at New York Life (New York, NY) in Apr 2024
Interview
two behaviorals was quick and easy - mostly just like aboyt challenges i had all the classic behavioral interview questions - groyup projects you struggled with etc projects i was working on
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What projects are you currently working on? what was a challenge u recently had?
Intern applicants have rated the interview process at New York Life with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 70 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at New York Life overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at New York Life as a Intern according to 70 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 24%
Phone interview: 20%
Background check: 13%
Drug test: 10%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Skills test: 4%
Other: 1%
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