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Updated Apr 24, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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GEICO Sales Representative at GEICO
Posted Apr 24, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 (took 2+ weeks)
5 steps, each step is detailed before so you have time to prepare. You have to be very incompetent to not get hired by geico
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
No, the pay is set in
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
Helpful Interview?
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No
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GEICO Sales Representative at GEICO
Posted Apr 16, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Woodbury, NY (took 1+ week)
From the beginning I had found the job posting on a job search kind of website. I figured since I already was insured by them and thought the enviroment was pretty relaxed I'd appy for a position. My background in sales encouraged me to go for the sales rep position. I recieved an email stating that I would need to schedule a phone interview, which I did right away. To begin, the lady who I had spoken with told me that my interview would be April 6th. I check my email later that day and it shows I'm am scheduled for April 9th. This confused me a bit but I made sure I was available both days rather than bothering them and starting on a questionable foot. Also included in the email was a link to a personality test which I also completed right away. It was very simple, one of those how do you feel on this topic (very strongly, strongly, neutral, etc...) I finally did recieve my phone interview on the 9th about 17 minutes past the scheduled time. Again a very generic interview.. Explain your previous employement including what you had to do in each position, why did you leave and so on. Once completed the interviewer explained my hours, pay, training date, etc.. I was then asked to come in for a 1:1 and a skills test. I arrived there fairly early and was directed to a recruiters desk after signing in with security. The recruiter gave me a copy of my application and some additional paperwork to fill out. She had also given me a pamphlet in which I was to read and answer some questions on the back. After completing all the paperwork I went in to do my computer testing. That consisted of a typing test and fake pre recorded phone calls/emails where you would have to listen/read and enter information into the system. Once I completed that I was asked to sit back down and wait to be called. About 30 minutes later I was again called to the desk where I was congratulated and told I passed. I was given a sheet of paper breifly describing the position and told to take a seat again. After an hour and half of waiting and 2 other employees asking me what I was waiting so long for, a man finally came out and took me in for my 1:1. The 1:1 was about another hour and a half which had numerous questions about my feelings towards the job, my previous experience that qualified me for the job, and specific examples where I had done certain things (given outstanding customer service). After that I was told to sit and wait yet another time. At that point I thought this job was a sure thing. About 25 mins later my interviewer had come back out and called me over. He told that he really enjoyed meeting with me, was very impressed with some of my answers as well as 9 years of sales experience, and that there were only a few more steps in the interviewing process. I was told I was free to go after that and that another sales manager would be contacting me to proceed forward with the hiring process. Today I check my email and see that I was not chosen for the position. I am outraged with this company and feel like canceling my policy with them. I have never once been so annoyed by an interview in my like. Not only did it cost me 3 days at my current job but I almost feel as if I was lied to and lead on. If a degree in business and 9 years experience as well as passing all of their bs tests isn't good enought then what is?
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
Helpful Interview?
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No
Inappropriate?
GEICO Sales Representative at GEICO
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Getzville, NY (took a day)
Have an initial phone interview going over the basics of the job and resume details. What interests you about sales. Go to office and take a typing test and listening test, then one on one interview, then a phone skills test where you have 3 opportunities to sell something to the customer. Mine was a car washing service. I was then told I would be informed if the hiring process would continue.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
Helpful Interview?
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No
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GEICO Sales Representative at GEICO
Posted Jan 6, 2012
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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 Jan 2012 in Virginia Beach, VA (took a day)
I received an email inviting me for a phone interview after about 4 days- I scheduled the interview a few days in advance, I researched the company, read phone interview tips and prepared my responses- probably spending around 6-10 hours preparing for the phone interview, including reading every single GEICO interview on this site.
The female representative called me about 5-10 minutes after the scheduled interview time and proceeded to ask me about 11 questions before abruptly ending the interview after asking me about breaks in my work history (I have none) and saying she asked me all the questions that she needed to. She told me that she would pass me information on to the hiring manager and they would get back to me within 5 days- at which point I knew I wouldn't be proceeding on to the next part of the interview process.
I have an extremely negative view of GEICO and their hiring process. I'm a college graduate with 10 years in customer service experience, 2 years of management experience, and 6 years of sales- I feel I am qualified to at the very least get an in person interview. I will include every single question that she asked me just in case it might be of help to someone- she did not even ask me about my applicable skills at my previous jobs or why I was interested in the position, nor did she give me a chance to ask her any questions. I might have sounded a little defensive over some of her questions and perhaps didn't sound "chipper" enough although I tried my best. Again my view of the company is incredibly negative, the benefits are nice, but if they dont care enough about their candidates to give them an honest chance I do not see the point of working for or doing business with them.
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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GEICO Sales Representative at GEICO
Posted Jul 17, 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 Jul 2011 in Fredericksburg, VA (took 1 week)
After posting resume on career builder, was contacted by recruiter next day and did a 15 minute phone interview right on the spot. Phone interview consisted mostly of explaining what was on my resume and on why I would a good fit for sales at Geico. Next day received call to schedule next interview with HR rep at Geico's Headquarters. Once there, impersonal and systematic, was put in room with 12 other candidates applying for positions, from there we performed IQ tests and 1:1interviews and after 4 hours, I performed a role play as a sales agent, next day received email of "no offer".
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
Helpful Interview?
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GEICO Sales Representative at GEICO
Posted Mar 11, 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 Mar 2011 in Lakeland, FL (took a day)
Applied online for a sales position with GEICO; was contacted 2 days later to come in for testing. I was one of about a dozen applicants that showed up at 7:30am...we were all taken to a computer room where we completed several tests. They included timed typing tests, and also two mock "shifts" where we listened to incoming calls and opened incoming emails from insurance customers (and had to enter information from the calls/emails on the screen). After testing, which took about 45 minutes, we were brought back to the waiting room. Where we waited...and waited...and waited. A couple of people were notified that they didn't pass the testing portion and were dismissed. I wish I'd been one of them! For the rest of us, we waited for THREE HOURS in a room with no reading material, television, nothing. Just complete silence. Finally we started getting called back, and I was interviewed 1 on 1 - typical interview questions, and it took about 30 minutes. Went back to the waiting room, and was called back by a different person for the WEIRDEST part - I had to sit in a room by myself and was given a packet of information about a fake car wash company...and was told that I had 15 minutes to review the material, then I would receive 3 phone calls from "customers" (actually the GEICO interviewer) and I had to try and sell them these fake car washes. During the first call, I could tell that I was on speaker phone, and there were several people listening to my attempts to sell car washes to this fake "customer". After each call, the GEICO rep called me back and asked me to tell them "W\what I thought" about "how I did" and proceeded to critique me via speakerphone. Just bizarre...and ridiculous. I have been in customer service management for over 12 years and would have never subjected a potential associate to this in an interview...it's just stupid. I ended up getting another interview the next day with a different company, and was hired. Was called back by GEICO, but told them I wasn't interested anymore. The whole interviewing process left a bad taste in my mouth.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
Helpful Interview?
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No
Inappropriate?
GEICO Sales Representative at GEICO
Posted Feb 21, 2011
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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 Jan 2011 in Woodbury, NY (took 3 days)
Applied online, was contacted via email the next day. Called in for a skills/typing test which measured aptitude for multitasking and typing speed. After this test, I was asked to set up a phone interview which consisted of my background, work and education. Questions pertained to why I wanted to work for Geico with the degree I had, responsibilities at previous jobs, etc. Was called back for a 1 on 1 interview with a member of HR where I answered some personality questions and then was given 3 roleplays to do (you pretend to be a representative from a ficticious company to sell HR a product) and then when this was done I was asked to return the next day for a shadowing session with an actual sales rep. for over an hour. Finally, I was interviewed by the sales manager and offered the position. Plan to spend many hours in this interview process.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Pay is not negotiable, and since there are so many candidates it is wise to accept the salary offered.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
Helpful Interview?
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No
Inappropriate?
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