I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual in Jul 2008
Interview
They just seemed more interested in any wealthy potential clients I could bring them instead of my skills or accolades. They wanted to me to provide them with phone numbers and addresses.The HR person was nice enough but spent a lot of time taking notes rather than listening. The whole interview process was vague and drawn out. I didn't get past the first round, didn't meet their personality standards on their online testing. It wasn't for me anyway.
You're not really working for NWMF. You're working for a franchise. My business professors loathe their HR and prospects/leads gathering methodology. Some feel its boarderline unethical.
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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