I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (San Francisco, CA) in Aug 2016
Interview
I was scheduled to meet a recruiter in her office in the Pyramid building in San Francisco. The whole atmosphere was very professional, but the office workers seemed to be friendly, as I was greeted multiple times while waiting till it was time for the interview. The recruiter was very friendly, asked questions that were open ended, allowed for me to comfortably express my strengths and weakness, and what might be appropriate for myself and the company. In the end I wasn't a candidate they were looking for due to some unfortunate circumstances out of my control, the recruiter was very polite in rejecting me and even invited me to connect to her linked-in.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you have at least 200 contacts you could approach as potential clients?
There were four or five interviews, if you count the meeting with my future mentor. There were also a few personality assessments. Lots of paperwork. The finance industry is tightly regulated.
The first interview was easygoing and went fairly well. We talked a little on myself and what northwestern was all about. Because they wanted to see how I could fit in to their team and what I would bring.
I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (Greenville, SC)
Interview
The process was smooth and straight forward. A lot of behavioral based questions, but relaxed and low stress. First phase is a phone screening followed by a teams or in person meeting.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about the most influential person in your life?
Financial Representative applicants have rated the interview process at Northwestern Mutual with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Financial Representative roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 1,350 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 according to 1,350 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 15%
Personality test: 13%
Background check: 12%
Presentation: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Drug test: 6%
Skills test: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
Other: 2%
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