Financial Planning and Sales applicants have rated the interview process at Northwestern Mutual with 2 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 Planning and Sales roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Planning and Sales according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Skills test: 17%
Personality test: 17%
Other: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (White Plains, NY) in Jan 2022
Interview
Was called a week prior to the day the interview was to take place and was asked to fill out a survey, was not made aware until the time of the interview a week later that based off of my answers to the survey, the company deemed anyone who answered 1 of the 50 questions a certain way in the survey was not a good fit for the company, and they told me they would not conduct the interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What made you apply to this job?
How would you describe yourself in the work setting?
How would you describe a great employee?
Do you like to be the center of attention or do you like to be in the background?
I applied online. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (Boston, MA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Interviewer was respectful. Partners seemed to be honest about the sales experience and the job responsibilities. They were mostly looking for past successful sales experience or a total beginner to start with their natural market.