I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (Schaumburg, IL) in Jan 2021
Interview
Very long and extensive. They have you meet with many members of the team, and then submit market place research studies, practice reaching out to 15 people to ask them questions, meet with the Talent Development person to practice your phoning language, all in your free time and not being paid. You meet weekly, sometimes twice a week during the interview process to turn in something, test you on something. Then when you are offered a contract you kind of wait for the three week unpaid training that is 40 hours a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It wasn't the questions that was difficult-it was the ridiculously long process!
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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