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Updated Jan 24, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Financial Services Representative at First Investors Corporation
Posted Jan 24, 2012 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Jan 2012 in Columbus, OH (took a day)
Showed up to find that it was not a 1:1 interview, rather they seat you in a room with about 5-10 others and a manager gives you a sale pitch about the job. Salary is 100% commission, which they are reluctant to tell you in the 1st interview, however, I got it out of an employee who does a simple 1:1 interview after the presentation. Not for me, declined 2nd interview.
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Reason for Declining
seemed like a pyramid scheme
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Financial Services Representative at First Investors Corporation
Posted Jan 4, 2012 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Jan 2012 (took a day)
The interview process started with a representative giving the group a somewhat detailed presentation of the types of things the company does and what we could expect in the future. After the initial presentation, each candidate had a one on one interview. The interview is fairly simple. They ask you some background questions and some questions about your resume/experience.
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Reason for Declining
I didn't feel that the position was right for me because the salary is based on commission. Consequently, it would be very difficult for me to budget for my expenses.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Registered Representative at First Investors Corporation
Posted Dec 13, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Feb 2009 (took 2 days)
First we started in a group where we gained an overall understanding of First Investors as a company and of the job. They gave us a little background about the company, and also gave us a pretty thorough run down of what it would be like to be a financial rep (what a normal work day would be like, advancement opportunities, etc.). Then we broke off in to one-on-ones with the interviewers who then basically held a typical interview with pretty typical questions for an interview.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Assos at First Investors Corporation
Posted Nov 29, 2011 — 1 of 2 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in New York, NY (took 1 week)
easy interview it was almost as if they were selling themselves to you.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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First Investors at First Investors Corporation
Posted Nov 20, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 (took 2+ weeks)
The interview process started with a lengthy presentation about the company which was not informed to me ahead of the scheduled interview session. The people seemed to be very motivated, organized, and supportive to work for the company. Expect the interview to last for a good couple of hours.
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Sales at First Investors Corporation
Posted Nov 22, 2011 — 0 of 2 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took 4 days)
Contacted my out of the blue via in-house recruiter. They found my resume in a collection published by my college. Asked me to come in for an interview, when I arrived there was other interviewees. Branch manager led presentation on the Co. Was not too interested because I did not even have the interview yet. After over an hour pitch to me about their company I was losing interest in working there. Finally I went in for a 20 minute interview with another person there. Was easy and nice but was not terribly impressed with the entire operation.
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Reason for Declining
terrible compensation
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Financial Services Representative at First Investors Corporation
Posted Oct 28, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Oct 2011 (took 2 days)
The interview process was not that challenging. If you have a personable attitude, you don't appear intimidated, and you can ask questions, then you will likely get the position. First Investors Corp. is seeking to expand a lot in the next couple of years, so I thought that I was easily hired. Plus, my competition did not seem tough (I went to a top 50 university in the US).
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Negotiation Details
There's no negotiating. The First day you come in after they offer you the position, they immediately start having you sign papers (to get ready for exams, fingerprints) and you end up paying for these things too (about $220 - make sure u have that amount in ur credit/debit card). it was kind of confusing at the time, even having read the fine print stuff.
They also really don't like to emphasize that you don't have a salary. They say that you get paid off commission, but i had to ask directly if I was going to get any money soon. They said that the compensation only starts after I pass the exams (after 4-6 weeks).
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Financial Service Representative at First Investors Corporation
Posted Nov 3, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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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 Nov 2011 (took a day)
The first step in the interview process is a presentation with other candidates present. It took about three hours and they provided lunch. I decided I wasn't interested in pursuing the opportunity further.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Presentation.
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Financial Advisor at First Investors Corporation
Posted Oct 19, 2011 — 0 of 2 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Walnut Creek, CA (took 2 days)
They made it sound like I was going in for a 1 on 1 interview and then I showed up and was sitting next to another guy in my career center. We got to talking and realized we were going for the same company. We thought they had double booked the interview until they walked us into a room with 4 people already waiting. They were completely trying to sell the company and just didn't seem like an honest organization.
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Reason for Declining
I did not trust them.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Financial Services Representative at First Investors Corporation
Posted Oct 1, 2011 — 0 of 2 people found this helpful
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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 Nov 2010 in San Antonio, TX (took 2 days)
stay far away... this place seemed like a really poor knockoff of boiler room or something. they sit you in a room with the other interviewees and they show you a video and try to sell you on the company. afterwards, they bring you into a room and ask one to two COMPLETELY impertinent questions and then ask you to come back the next day. i felt they wasted enough of my time, so i e-mailed them when i got home and politely declined.
Reason for Declining
oh, and the salary starting out? NONE. ZIP. ZILCH. NADA.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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