I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at New York Life in Apr 2011
Interview
Everything with NYLIC seemed on the up-and-up but the description of the job and interview process seemed like more of a sales pitch than what I would have expected. The process consisted of three interviews. The first was comprised of taking a personality test and understanding exactly what NYLIC was and how they became the leader in Insurance. The partner in the office sent me home with 2 workbooks to complete by the next week. The second interview explained what NLYIC sold (whole life, term life, mutual funds, etc) and gave me a Project 200 to fill out. This is essentially a list of every person you may know that you can sell life insurance to. I ended up calling him before the third interview and telling him that I was no longer interested in the job because of the project 200. I did not feel comfortable selling to my family and friends and I read the other reviews which said that you don't make the $90,000 that they promise you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you sell insurance to a member of your family?
An AI bot was asking me questions, very unpersonalized. It would have been nice to at least speak to someone and have the opportunity to showcase my abilities. Do not Recommend!
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at New York Life (Huntsville, AL) in May 2024
Interview
There was an online assessment and a series of in office interviews. However there were lots of important information that was glossed over or not revealed, There are a lot of cost you most cover in the first year even though you are only commission, example; you have to pay to use an office if their building space. I did original except an offer, I later left due to the miss information presented during the interview process.
I interviewed at New York Life (Glendale, CA) in Mar 2024
Interview
Initial interview. Then a personality assessment. Then another interview to discuss the results and an overview of the compensation structure and to ask any questions. Next you fill out an application and review the compensation structure via a sent link. Then the final interview and formal offer.
Insurance Sales Agent applicants have rated the interview process at New York Life with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 51% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Insurance Sales Agent roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 110 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at New York Life overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at New York Life as a Insurance Sales Agent according to 110 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 28%
Personality test: 17%
Background check: 15%
Phone interview: 10%
Drug test: 7%
Presentation: 6%
Skills test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
Other: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
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