I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (Des Moines, IA) in May 2025
Interview
It wasn’t anything too serious you do 3 interviews two with the college director, and one with a partner. The first interview with the director is just to go over the role and make sure you exist, the second one they ask basic behavioral questions, then the director question is basically just to make sure your partner likes you and thinks you can succeed.
Series of interviews that began with an information session, followed by a basic "get to know you" interview where you learn more about the position, followed by a final interview
Straight forward and easy. Consisted of a call and a zoom interview. First with a recruiter and then with a full time rep that was part of the internship. Fairly easy and straight forward.
Sales focused interview. Need to provide a list of 200 people and their contact info to pass the interview, and once you're hired you'll have to contact all those people.
Financial Representative Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Northwestern Mutual with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 52% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Financial Representative Intern roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 99 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Northwestern Mutual overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Northwestern Mutual as a Financial Representative Intern according to 99 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Phone interview: 18%
Background check: 14%
Personality test: 11%
Presentation: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Group panel interview: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Skills test: 4%
Other: 2%
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