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Insurance Agent at Farmers Group
Posted May 19, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2009 (took 2 days)
They tend to appreciate a conservatively, well dressed person.
If you already have a current insurance license and any kind of insurance sales experience you are hired immediately after you pass the credit, license and criminal background check. You will also have an interview with a District Manager who has you sign the consents for the background checking and lets you know about the training period.
He/She tells you that during training the pay is commission only, that you are required to sell 40 P&C policies and 4 Life in a three month period to qualify for further training and to start your own agency . If you have 39 at the end of three months you roll back and start over.
They tell you that you have full marketing support, which may not be the case because you still have to pay for mailing and distribution costs, eventually, although they don't say that up front. Some managers will foot the cost and you can pay them back later but that really isn't discussed. If you're lucky the sales manager will tell you that Farmers property insurance is very conservative at underwriting so that homes in many rural forested areas will be turned down as prospects. Their best rates are for newer, larger homes within city limits and very small restaurants and that may not fit the geography or demographics of the area where you're selling so you may have to travel to do effective marketing. You will spent about 80% of your time marketing, including door to door, community events, and phone but that isn't necessarily disclosed.
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Negotiation Details
There is no negotiation. You either agree to the training period and quotas or move on.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Property Claims Adjuster at Farmers Group
Posted May 20, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took 2+ weeks)
It was a standard Behavior Based Interview. The first interview was with a recruiter. She gave me an email saying what the salary range was for the position,(45k-55k). She asked me what I wanted and I said 55k. Once she was satisfied, I got a face-to-face interview with the office manager and two supervisors. The interview was an hour and forty five minutes. I was an agent previously, so once they were done grilling me with situational based questions, they wanted me to be sure that I was never going to be rich and it was going to be very difficult to get a promotion. This was the part of the interview that they wanted to clear up their concerns about me. I also asked then pointed questions about the position. I could tell if it was a good question because their faces would light up. Questions such as: Do we still give estimates to people when we deny their claim? They loved that one. They also straight up asked me how much money I was expecting, and I mentioned that I had been told the range and felt that with my eduction and experience that I wanted 55k. She rebutted with 50k which I said was fine. They I was then invited for another interview with the office manager and the other two supervisors. That interview was thirty minutes long. Even though at al stages I pushed for a decision from them on whether I got the job, it wasn't until after the final interview did I get an email with a job offer.
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Negotiation Details
I mentioned negotiations already.... in short, they gave me a salary range for entry-level candidates(45k-55k). I stuck with the high number and they gave me the middle(50k).
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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Office Claims Representative at Farmers Group
Posted May 15, 2011
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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 Apr 2011 in Olathe, KS (took 2 weeks)
I applied online for as a Service Advocate, but Farmers changed the position to Associate Office Claims Rep. I was asked to take skills tests at Farmers consisting of typing, multi-tasking, personality, and general knowledge (reading comprehension, math, etc). The scores are indexed. About a week after completing the skills tests, I was asked to interview in person. I interview for 30 minutes with two managers. The interview consisted of behaviorial questions - there were no questions regarding experience or qualifications. Following the interview I was asked to observe a Office Claims Rep and ask questions.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Property Claims Adjuster at Farmers Group
Posted May 14, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 (took 2 weeks)
Applied online, was sent the testing via email. After passing the tests, received an email to email the Phone Interviewer to request an interview. The interviewer called me to schedule an interview for 4 days later. Passed the phone interview, the local Branch Manager called 20 minutes later to schedule an in person panel interview for 2 weeks later.
It was a 7 person panel interview, there were 3 of us interviewing, they split us up and we were each interviewed by 3 people at a time.
We were all told we would hear something within 2 weeks. The two isn't up yet, so don't know if I got it just yet.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Claims Representative at Farmers Group
Posted May 11, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Olathe, KS (took 2 weeks)
I was sent an email to schedule pre-employment testing. Once I passed all the test I had an interview with a recruiter. They TALK YOU UP! They said I was exactly what they were looking for and had all the skills necessary. I don't want to say they made me over-confident, but they really REALLY build you up. I then scheduled a final interview where I met with 3 managers/supervisors, and job shadowed. I pretty much knew I wasn't going to get the job because they only had me shadow for 15 minutes. All in all it was a good learning experience, but just be aware, even though the recruiter makes you think you are a perfect fit for the job, chances are the mangers/supervisors won't see you in the same light.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Claims Adjuster at Farmers Group
Posted May 10, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 (took a day)
two interviewers who were very awkward took turns asking questions from a booklet they had, some questions were really vague, all behavioral
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I Applied Online.
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Insurance Agent at Farmers Group
Posted May 9, 2011
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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 May 2011 in Brookfield, WI (took 3 days)
I received a call from a Farmers Insurance recruiter in Brookfield, Wis. He'd found my resumé, which was posted on a job-search website. I gave him some background information on my education and my brief experience in the working world (recent graduate). He invited me to interview at a Farmers AgencyPoint center in Brookfield five days from the initial call. Since this was my first "real" interview since graduating in December, I conducted a lot of research on the mechanics of interviewing. I brought two copies of my resumé, printed on plain computer paper as the printer was having none of the fancy nice paper. The receptionist was very pleasant, offering to take my coat and get me some coffee or water. I met with another recruiter than my initial contact. He was younger and a bit more casual than I was expecting, so I wasn't as nervous or intimidated. The one-on-one interview lasted about a half hour or 45 minutes before he took me on a small tour of the three locations in the building. There was a cubicle-maze call center, where agents spend four months cold-calling. There was also an office dedicated to conference rooms and private offices where insurance consultations could take place. The top floor is mainly the claims department, I think. I saw very few people in the office, as most employees were in a conference in Atlanta, so I don't have a firm feel about the culture there. After the tour, I was put in front of a computer where I took timed and untimed psychological and aptitude tests (e.g., "agree," "neutral," or "disagree"). That took about an hour, so I was at the AgencyPoint center for just under two hours.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Liability Claim Representative at Farmers Group
Posted Apr 19, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Chicago, IL (took 2 weeks)
I applied online and recieved an email in response about 2 days later. Through email we scheduled a phone interview for the next day . The phone interview was pretty basic. They told me more about the job and asked more about my experience and salary expectations. Next there was an interview with a panel of three managers from three different offices in the chicago area.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Claims Representative at Farmers Group
Posted Mar 25, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Los Angeles, CA (took 3 weeks)
I started out with a phone interview, passed the skills tests, and then had a panel interview with six panelists. The interview was done with behavioral interviewing questions. I was given plenty of notice to research and practice for the behavioral interviewing questions. The interview was very professional and I was given ample time for explanation and to ask the list of questions I had made up for the interview. All six panelists were very polite and the mood in the conference room put me at ease during the interview. I felt that all the questions asked were fair and were relevent to the position.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Broker at Farmers Group
Posted Mar 17, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2009 in Sacramento, CA (took 5 days)
The manager are sales people, so they are selling their product. They sold the idea of being able to make a great living however, they failed to mention about the investment of licensing and cut throat atmasphere.
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Negotiation Details
Fairly simple, but! many details were left undiscussed
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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