Individual Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at TIAA with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Individual Consultant roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at TIAA overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at TIAA as a Individual Consultant according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 35%
Background check: 19%
One on one interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 12%
Drug test: 8%
Skills test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at TIAA (Lewisville, TX) in Jul 2010
Interview
Received a phone call from a recruiter and agreed to a phone interview a couple of days later. Later that day receieved a email for a release to do a background check. Three days later receieved another call to do a second face to face interview.
During the interview I was asked why I wanted to leave my current company and also If I had experience with sales. During the interview they asked behavioral questions (eg. tell me about a time when you have a angry customer on the phone and how the call was handled?)
After that, I was asked to stay in the room and answer a call from one of the interviewers pretending to be a customer. Lastly, there was a questionaire of about 100 questions about leadership and sales strategies.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at TIAA (Charlotte, NC) in May 2015
Interview
Has a phone interview then an in person interview. Relaxed atmosphere. Hard to understand one of the interviewers on the phone as they were foreign. In person wanted to make sure I was really interested in the job more than making sure I was right for the job. Encouraged to ask lots of questions.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at TIAA (Minneapolis, MN) in Feb 2015
Interview
Telephonic then in person, with a person at the headquarters . Took about 20 minutes relatively informal a lot of behavioral type questions trying to understand me as a person and how I think, then set up in person interview with person in the office I would be working.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at TIAA (Denver, CO) in Mar 2011
Interview
Phone interview detailing job and was asked if I was interesting. Followed up by interview 2:1 asked questions regarding previous experience...was asked to do a role play pretending I was a travel agent trying to sell a trip. Everyone was very friendly and spoke as if the job was already yours...which was a bit strange.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Role play as if interviewee is a travel agent and interviewer is the customer...sell the trip.