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Northwestern Mutual Interview Questions & Reviews
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Financial Advisor at Northwestern Mutual
No Offer – Interviewed in Houston, TX Apr 2013 – Reviewed May 15, 2013 New
Interview Details – They call you for a brief company informational interview and they'll ask you somethings about you on your resume. You'll pretty much get the second round if you get the first call. They people are nice and very enthusiastic. Second round is Skype/phone call and it's more in depth and they'll ask several behavioral questions.
Interview Question – How are you going to expand our company by using your own network? Answer Question
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Financial Representative at Northwestern Mutual
No Offer – Interviewed in Buffalo, NY May 2013 – Reviewed May 15, 2013 New
Interview Details – Two person interview... quite tough.
Interview Question – What does this company need to have in order for you to feel successful here.... Dont answer good salaries. Answer Question
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Financial Representative at Northwestern Mutual
No Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Mar 2012 – Reviewed May 9, 2013 New
Interview Details – Was contacted by recruiter. Set up an interview in NYC, and went to office. Cool experience but would never take this job. Seems like they don't even care if you work for them just want your contacts to buy life insurance. Told me to come back with a list of over 100 people I think would be interested in buying life insurance. Commission based only. Not what I was looking for, but someone might be.
Interview Question – Do you know of anyone else who would be interested in working this job? View Answer
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Financial Representative at Northwestern Mutual
No Offer – Interviewed in Seattle, WA Apr 2013 – Reviewed Apr 29, 2013
Interview Details – I went in for a job shadow / financial representative informational meeting. Was about 4 hours long, met with 4 employees, and had an overall good experience. I met with 4 past interns that only spoke well of the program and how it landed them a full time salary with the company.
Interview Question – What do we do here at Northwestern Mutual Answer Question
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Intern at Northwestern Mutual
No Offer – Interviewed in Seattle, WA Apr 2013 – Reviewed Apr 26, 2013
Interview Details – Interacted at a career fair and was contacted later by a recruiter. Scheduled a first interview that was informational with standard questions like what are your greatest strengths/weaknesses. The second interview was based on a presentation covering the financial services industry and northwestern mutual. The third is an assignment involving the demonstration and experience of networking and financial interviewing.
Interview Question – What do you know about the financial services industry and what are your opinions on the topic. View Answer
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Intern at Northwestern Mutual
No Offer – Interviewed in Edison, NJ – Reviewed Apr 24, 2013
Interview Details – I met with a HR rep at the place. It was mainly behavioral questions and questions to get to know you.
Interview Question – Tell me about yourself Answer Question
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Intern at Northwestern Mutual
No Offer – Reviewed Apr 18, 2013
Interview Details – Went to a career fair on campus and met with the recruiter. He put me in touch with his boss and I interviewed in the career center on campus.
Interview Question – Nothing too bad. Very easy conversation and no tough questions Answer Question
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Intern at Northwestern Mutual
No Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Mar 2013 – Reviewed Apr 16, 2013
Interview Details – This process was not very organized. I did not find this process to work smoothly at all and was incredbily disapppointed.
Interview Question – Provide an example of a time in which you demonstrated a characteristic that exemplified a problematic customer service situation. Answer Question
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Private Equity Summer Analyst at Northwestern Mutual
No Offer – Reviewed Apr 14, 2013
Interview Details – Guy was a bit cold. Opened up more towards the end of the interview.
Interview Question –
Name three world leaders.
Give me three ways to value a company.
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Intern at Northwestern Mutual
No Offer – Interviewed in Santa Barbara, CA Jan 2012 – Reviewed Apr 10, 2013
Interview Details – The first round of interviewing ended with me getting a packet to fill out for "homework." They wanted me to fill out a chart detailing my inner circle of people that I could sell life insurance to. The circles branched out to include people within my inner circle's networks. I was encouraged to color in my packet.
Interview Question – What was the greatest challenge I faced during my last work experience? Answer Question
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