Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Northwestern Mutual with 2.2 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 Intern roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 570 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 Intern according to 570 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 19%
Personality test: 11%
Background check: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Skills test: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 2%
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I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (Phila, PA) in Nov 2014
Interview
I reached out to a current representative with my resume and a cover letter, and got a response quickly. First you go through a weeding out process before an actual interview, where you complete a survey to ensure you fit culturally, create a presentation outlining why they should hire you and how the match would be mutually beneficial. You also have to create a list of 75+ contacts you have to potentially reach out to (they don't use them, its just to see if you're willing to put in the work). Then you have to contact 15 people via phone and talk to them about the position, more or less to see if you're willing to talk to people on the phone about insurance. The actual interview was laid back and more like a sales pitch than anything.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would hiring you benefit the company?
What makes you want to get into this industry?
Straightforward process, interviewed with them on campus. They provided the information I needed. I decided to not move ahead with the interview process as it did not align with my goals, but the interviewers were cordial and professional.
Felt like they were selling me something the whole time. Super easy to talk to, but something just felt off the whole time. Had multiple phases of them explaining why they're so perfect and great to work for (massive selection bias in some of their numbers)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Would you take this questionnaire to 5 family and friends and get back to us by your next interview