College 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for College Financial Representative roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 501 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 College Financial Representative according to 501 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 15%
Background check: 13%
Personality test: 10%
Presentation: 9%
Group panel interview: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Drug test: 6%
Skills test: 6%
Other: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (Champaign, IL)
Interview
The entire contracting process is a long one. It took me 5 months to complete all the requirements. I met a recruiter at a college career fair and got a phone interview shortly afterward. After the second phone interview I had to take a personality quiz. Then I had a face to face interview where I was given a packet with 5 surveys and what was called Project 100. Another face to face interview followed after the completion of this. I then needed to take a life and health insurance class (about 15 hours over 2 days). The next step was to have my fingerprints scanned and sent in for a background check. Afterwards came traveling to a testing center to take the life and health insurance tests. Only after you pass these tests and pay the licensing fee are you contracted to start the internship.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Why do you want become a financial representative?
It was a quick setup to get the first interview. Then there are two more interviews that took longer to set up and extended the hiring process. They are very nice though.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself and why northwestern mutual
I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (Hartford, CT)
Interview
Was told about the program and how I would need to get certified to sell life insurance in order to participate in the program. The interviewer was laid back and relaxed. It was a group interview.
I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (San Jose, CA)
Interview
Three rounds with calls with the head of hiring and with the head of the department, all behavioral questions were asked at each round to get to know you and your network