Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Northwestern Mutual with 2.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 570 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 Intern according to 570 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 19%
Personality test: 11%
Background check: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Skills test: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (Greensboro, NC)
Interview
I applied late in the game, so my interview process was expedited. I did two phone interviews. Each 40 or so minutes. First interview, I don't remember many of the questions... I guess they were mostly about logistics, like how often I'd be willing to work and starting dates. Second was with someone who had graduated from my college, and he asked questions about how I'd do in the job-- how would you feel about starting your own business? Are you pretty self-reliant? Are you fine with selling to your friends and family? I made out like I was very extroverted and good at sales and that's what he was looking for. There was also an online personality inventory that would judge you on how closely your personality matches others who were successful at NWM. The internship seemed like it would help the company rather than helping me-- my job would have been to cold-call 200 clients that I would have to find and try to sell them NWM's services. All sales, no client list given. There was a "project" portion of the application process at the end, which I didn't do because the second phone interview made me realize I wouldn't enjoy or do well at the internship. I wouldnt feel comfortable selling NWM to distant family friends!
Straightforward process, interviewed with them on campus. They provided the information I needed. I decided to not move ahead with the interview process as it did not align with my goals, but the interviewers were cordial and professional.
Felt like they were selling me something the whole time. Super easy to talk to, but something just felt off the whole time. Had multiple phases of them explaining why they're so perfect and great to work for (massive selection bias in some of their numbers)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Would you take this questionnaire to 5 family and friends and get back to us by your next interview