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Updated Feb 1, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Insurance Sales Agent at New York Life
Posted Feb 1, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Los Angeles, CA (took 2 weeks)
It was a one-on-one meeting followed by a personality test. The meeting is more like a sales pitch and they're vague about what ,if any, salary is offered. The questions were mainly personality based to determine whether you are determined and have the drive necessary to succeed.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Insurance Sales Agent at New York Life
Posted Jan 23, 2012
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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 Jan 2012 in Rye, NY (took 3 days)
was reached through my resume posted on careerbuilder.com. was asked to come in. reaced office. waited in lobby. met with interviewee. seemed to talk about her ex-bf too much. asked questions about myself, went over resume. asked details.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Insurance Sales Agent at New York Life
Posted Sep 6, 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 Aug 2011 (took 4 days)
Not clear about what they wanted from an employee. Upon asking some queries was not responded accurately.
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Reason for Declining
Commission based
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Insurance Sales Agent at New York Life
Posted Aug 25, 2011
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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 2010 in New York, NY (took 2 days)
Received a blast email which at the time I believed was a personal one as it referenced that they had seen my resume on a job site. They interview and "hire" 100 people a week. No salary just a commission and a lot of fluff about the great opportunity. The reality is it is a come one, come all, cattle call and everyone qualifies. It comes down to being given a phone and told to dial friends and family and sell them on insurance. Don't expect to last more than a few weeks.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Insurance Sales Agent at New York Life
Posted Aug 24, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 (took 2 weeks)
Applied online. Immediately had a response from the local office the next wanting to schedule an interview. The recruiter was actually quite pushy to get me to come in and interview. The initial interview seemed more like a sales pitch rather than an interview.
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Reason for Declining
The power 200 list killed it for me
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Insurance Sales Agent at New York Life
Posted Jun 2, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 (took 3 weeks)
Everything with NYLIC seemed on the up-and-up but the description of the job and interview process seemed like more of a sales pitch than what I would have expected. The process consisted of three interviews. The first was comprised of taking a personality test and understanding exactly what NYLIC was and how they became the leader in Insurance. The partner in the office sent me home with 2 workbooks to complete by the next week. The second interview explained what NLYIC sold (whole life, term life, mutual funds, etc) and gave me a Project 200 to fill out. This is essentially a list of every person you may know that you can sell life insurance to. I ended up calling him before the third interview and telling him that I was no longer interested in the job because of the project 200. I did not feel comfortable selling to my family and friends and I read the other reviews which said that you don't make the $90,000 that they promise you.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Insurance Sales Agent at New York Life
Posted Apr 9, 2011
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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 Jan 2010 in Brooklyn, NY (took 2 months)
10 Years Background Check and Fingerprints Check.
It is necessary to hear to a week course of lectures. To buy the book - $100.00. Then it is necessary to hand over 2 computer examinations at office. After that you suppose to examination on Manhattan. To hand over it it is possible some time. Each examination - $50.00
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Negotiation Details
Not to trust their promises
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Insurance Sales Agent at New York Life
Posted Mar 2, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Philadelphia, PA (took 5 days)
We were sat down in a room and told to explain why we wanted this job. They explained to us the steps of the hiring process and basic benefits of the job. I did see a drawback immediately.
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Reason for Declining
I did not accept this position but there was no salary involved it was all commission. I believe that is a scam and I would rather not be forced to do a all commission based job.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a Personality Test.
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Insurance Sales Agent at New York Life
Posted Sep 17, 2010 — 2 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 Aug 2010 (took a day)
A recruiter contacted me and set up an appointment. The interview process probably lasted around an hour. The staffed seemed to be barely working. They had made me wait for quite a bit before actually taking me into the office. The office seemed very unprofessional and something I really did not want to become a part of.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Insurance Sales Agent at New York Life
Posted Feb 16, 2010 — 1 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 Feb 2010 (took 4+ weeks)
Interviewing in progress.
So far I talked on the phone and met with the general partner, who was using some basic scare tactics that I'm bet some newbies like me actually fall for.
Haven't done much more with the process, one reason being the background check requires that I have four references that I've known for over 5 years. I've only been in college for 4, so none of the connections that I've met here qualifies.
I still haven't wrapped my head around how I'm going to get a list of 200 people whom I would consider my natural market (family and friends), and whom I can sell life insurance to (again, I'm 22, and mommy and daddy and friends aren't exactly loaded).
Anyway, it will be some good practice for me to keep on going with the interview. Maybe the private equity group would be a better fit, but that's probably what everybody else is saying. I'll know once I'm done posting, since my free preview of glassdoor ran out.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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