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Internal Wholesaler at MetLife
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 30, 2013
Interview Details – interviewed with multiple people in the same day for 1 position
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Financial Services Representative at MetLife
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 29, 2013
Interview Details – Phone interview, 2 face to face interviews.
Interview Question – Why would you be good at this? Answer Question
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Internal Wholesaler at MetLife
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Hartford, CT Dec 2010 – Reviewed Apr 16, 2013
Interview Details – Very intense hiring process. Three interviews: phone interview, then interview with hiring manager and another person, then interviewed in front of a group of over 10 people and gave a 5 minute presentation.
Interview Questions
- Give examples of dealing with upset customers and how I dealt with them Answer Question
- "Sell me this pen." Answer Question
Negotiation Details – No negotiation. Standard corporate offer structure: take it or leave it.
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Customer Service Representative at MetLife
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Oriskany, NY Sep 2012 – Reviewed Apr 16, 2013
Interview Details – The interview went great got hired right on the spot due to having experience and knowing how to go on a interview.
Interview Question – How do you handle a disgruntled customer on the phone or how would you calm them down? View Answer
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Financial Services Representative at MetLife
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Mar 30, 2013
Interview Details – Process is mess. Interviews are a breeze, basically of you act like your rich/ have rich friends and lots of community connections you're hired. They have you fill out a worksheet with up to 200 names, put 300 and you're in. Once you're "hired" and pass the industry exams ( life/ series 66/ series7) you go into a quasi training period for 3-7 weeks depending on your sales performance. Key point is you're not paid during this period and you won't start receiving a paycheck until all regulators have signed off all licenses are in place etc. so your hire date is a moving target.
Interview Question – None really. Just keeping talking up your connections and dropping names. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – They're more flexible on your base weekly pay then they let on. Don't settle for anything other then the full 24k they will pay you in the first 19 weeks (save your money though because all those people you said you knew in the interview better buy insurance/give referrals or your paychecks will drop from 1300 week to 0 if you don't have a lot of sales in your pipeline.)
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Underwriting Analyst at MetLife
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Kansas City, MO – Reviewed Mar 25, 2013
Interview Details – I was scheduled for a 1 hour long interview. I met with an HR person first and was asked the basic behavioral questions while she took notes. That lasted about 20 minutes and then I met with an Underwriting Consultant for the rest of the hour. He asked more behavioral style questions but were much more specific than the first set. After answering his questions he said they were hiring about 15 people and looking to have a recruiting class in about a month. He also said that there would be a second interview after I complete some aptitude assessments if I am selected and that the whole hiring process should only take 1-2 weeks.
Interview Question – Please describe a time when you had a conflict with a group member or superior and how could it have been avoided? View Answer
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Financial Services Representative at MetLife
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in West Des Moines, IA Apr 2011 – Reviewed Mar 21, 2013
Interview Details – I worked through a temp agency and they had already screened me and recommended me for the position. The manager who interviewed me basically was there to make sure I would fit in and he just asked me some general questions since we were already there. Very easy, laid-back interview.
Interview Question – There were no difficult questions. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – The temp agency took care of salary. I had pre-negotiated with RH for $14/hr.
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Architect at MetLife
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Mar 6, 2013
Interview Details – Standard interview with normal questions. Spent a few hours reviewing previous work nothing extremely difficult.
Interview Question – Nothing was suprising. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – Non eventful very straight forward.
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Claims Examiner at MetLife
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Feb 2013 – Reviewed Feb 23, 2013
Interview Details – I was notified via email that the company was interested in having a telephone interview with me. After the telephone interview, I had two additional in-person interviews with managers. During the second in-person interview, I sat with a current employee and was able to ask her more questions about the position and see her work.
Interview Question – How would you handle a situation in which someone has a legitimate problem, but you need to tell them that their claim was denied due to how the contract was worded? Answer Question
Negotiation Details – I did not negotiate. Salary was in the range that I was looking for and as I young professional I did not have much to negotiate.
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Auto and Home Intern at MetLife
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Warwick, RI Jul 2012 – Reviewed Dec 14, 2012
Interview Details – I was initially notified that I had an on-site interview by email. The interview process was relaxed. There were two recruiters that asked me to elaborate on my resume. We then talked about what the job entails and my strengths and weaknesses etc.
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