Financial Advisor applicants have rated the interview process at Transamerica with 1.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 38% positive. To compare, the company-average is 48.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Financial Advisor roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 37 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Transamerica overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Transamerica as a Financial Advisor according to 37 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 18%
Background check: 13%
Phone interview: 12%
Presentation: 10%
Skills test: 5%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Personality test: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Transamerica (Woodland Hills, CA) in Mar 2015
Interview
Two interviews. Let me just say this: if a company starts telling you its profits and how you can be a part of it, then you are working for a ponzi scheme. If it is commission based only, leave. If they tell you to pay for your own background check, walk away immediately.
Someone reached out to me on LinkedIn and we set up an interview with no application process. One of these commission-based, no-experience-required things. That guy and his mentor talked to me for an hour with a whole presentation, and it ended with an offer to become one of their clients if not an advisor.
Very calm, and easy. They just want to get to know you at first. It isn’t as much as an interview as it is a conversation to see if that want to take the next step
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your background and why you chose to apply to Transamerica
Get an insight of the business, learn about the structure, and compensation potential. It may be for some people but I’m still deciding if it’s for me. It was very reminiscent to a mlm structure so that kind of made me second guess if it was something I wanted to do but it may be for someone.