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Updated May 2, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Financial Advisor at AXA Advisors
Posted May 2, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 in Houston, TX (took 2 months)
Communication with the company was very frequent and helpful. This company is very organized with its interviewing process and was able to accommodate my busy schedule and that fact that I had to drive down from a different city. I had three interviews total: in the first one I was asked questions about myself, in the second one I was told more information about the company and the training and the job itself, and the third one was more questions for me but with the branch manager rather than the vice president. I was offered the job the same day after my third interview. The vice president was very professional, friendly, and organized and made me feel very comfortable and relaxed throughout the interviewing process.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Financial Advisor at AXA Advisors
Posted Apr 10, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in New York, NY (took a day)
I was first contacted via phone and was asked to tell them about myself. Next I was asked to come in for an interview with a rep and a senior vp. Meeting sight them they asked to describe my career goals and any motivation I would have.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Financial Advisor at AXA Advisors
Posted Feb 19, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Los Angeles, CA (took a day)
Phone interview, friendly, made appointment, but had to cancel due to a family matters.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Financial Advisor at AXA Advisors
Posted Feb 17, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Salt Lake City, UT (took 1 week)
Behavioral interview. A few generic behavioral questions but It was pretty conversational.
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Reason for Declining
I had better options
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Financial Advisor at AXA Advisors
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Irvine, CA (took 3 weeks)
Standard 1:1 Interview, nothing confusing know your reasons for joining the industry.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Financial Advisor at AXA Advisors
Posted Nov 9, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Chicago, IL (took 2+ months)
I did 1:1 with the advisor who recruited me and with the vice president in charge of the regional office. After that, I paid the fees associated with sitting the FINRA Series 7 and 66 exams. I didn't pass the Series 7 but was not given a retake opportunity.
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Reason for Declining
After I missed passing score on Series 7 by 4 points, I was told that my natural market submission was not up to their standard and they had been counting on me to smoke the exam. So they decided not go forward and I agreed.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Financial Advisor at AXA Advisors
Posted Oct 26, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Bellevue, WA (took 3 weeks)
The vice exec found my resume online and called me to come in for an initial "group interview", which was actually a presentation. The presentation was literally 1.5 hour nonstop talking in monotone about the company, the position and the hiring process. I looked around the room noticing the different demographics but about half of us were spacing out. I gained a lot of new insight about the financial industry, especially since I never considered it before.
A week after the presentation, the vice exec called me to schedule an 1:1 interview. This, I prepared very well for. I arrived 15 mins early, ended up waiting 40 minutes for the vice exec to return from meeting his client outside. When he came back, we sat down, and without asking me any questions, he began ASSESSING my strengths and weaknesses from reading my application and resume. He did not ask one single question. Within 10 minutes he said I had no competency; my only value is that I can speak Chinese; and my previous experiences are useless. I left this interview VERY intimidated. I could not believe how a globally known company can look down at someone who has vast international experience; probably even more than that vice exec!
I was invited for a second interview, this time with the exec participating. By then I already didn't want the job, but I wanted to show them what they're missing out on. Again, I was forced to wait 40 minutes. And when the vice exec came to get me, he realized all the conference rooms were taken. So we had to squeeze into his little office space. The exec ended up not coming. The interview was again, not an "interview". The vice exec pretty much repeated everything he said in the first 1:1 interview (meaning he forgot everything from before). After explaining that I have to pay $900 to cover the training and exam fees for the first three months, his only question was "What do you think?". At this point I was utterly confused. Does this mean I am offered the job or what? I was tired of this whole thing going nowhere, and so I explained that my knowledge and experiences are better off elsewhere.
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Reason for Declining
Entire hiring process was unorganized. I don't understand why they don't have a HR team to take care of this.
Company culture not what I wanted. Despite everyone being entrepreneurially-minded, nobody interacted with each other. It was dead silent in the office.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Financial Advisor at AXA Advisors
Posted Oct 17, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 days)
The interview consisted of 2 parts
1 phone interview very basic explanation of the job
and 2 the in person interview
The did a good job trying to sell the position it is all commision but that is to be expected in the industry
they tried to convince that he believed I can make 100k the 1st year simply on his "intuition" and essentially offered within 30 mins
The weird thing to me was that they don't pay for your licenising and exams they expect you to shell out $1000 and they say if you pass they will reimburse you and add an additional 1,000 I found this kind of weird for such a known company especially becasuse every other insurance/finance company covers those fees.
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Reason for Declining
Overall I just felt that the recruiter was giving me a sales pitch claiming that he like me and knows that I will be succesfull, although it was nice to hear I felt that he said the same thing to every person that comes in there.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Financial Advisor at AXA Advisors
Posted Oct 13, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
They told me about the job and tried to sell me on the position. Should have been the other way around. No real interview, just sell sell sell.
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Reason for Declining
I don't take jobs that anyone can get.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Financial Advisor at AXA Advisors
Posted Sep 22, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Los Angeles, CA (took 2 weeks)
I got a call from a recruiter from AXA Advisors asking me to come in for a interview. The phone interview was very short. I actually told them I wanted to get back to them before I schedule an interview and he was fine with that. A week later, I went in for an interview. Right when I got in, the receptionist asked me to fill out this long packet. After that, I got to meet my recruiter, who actually turned out to be the Assistant VP. I spoke to him for like 20 minutes, and then he introduced me to the VP and I spoke to him for about another 20 minutes. The interview wasn't hard at all. Be calm and you'll do fine.
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Reason for Declining
Financial Advisor wasn't something I wanted to do.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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