I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (Tulsa, OK) in Feb 2022
Interview
The process consists of 3 interviews where each time the interviews get more serious. The first one is more of a chat with the recruiter, the second one is a more in depth talk about your skills, and the third one is mainly serious topics about the internship.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you do outside of school? Do you do any community service?
The interviewer was casual in his tone and the conversation often led to me asking him questions instead of the other way around, very odd energy for a job interview.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (San Diego, CA) in Jan 2025
Interview
I have to find my own clients and build by business book, I get trained by professional financial advisors on the basics of financial planning three times a week. It is commission based so there is no cap on what I can earn,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me about two major setbacks I've experienced and how I overcame them.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (Los Angeles, CA) in Jun 2024
Interview
Really easy interviews. First was a phone interview. Second interview was an in-person interview. it lasted for an hour just your usual behavioral questions, why us, when did you take risk....
Financial Advisor Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Northwestern Mutual with 2.6 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 Financial Advisor Internship roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 18 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 Advisor Internship according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Phone interview: 15%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 8%
Drug test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 5%
Background check: 3%
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