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Updated May 2, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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Interview Experience [?] Based on 19 ratings

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Negative	11%

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Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Apr 2012 (took 5 days)

very basic

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tell me about yourself

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Apr 2012 in San Diego, CA (took 4+ weeks)

My first interview was supposed to be with just one HR lady, but one of the Agents that worked there decided to sit in my interview for some reason. The interview went pretty smoothly as I got along with both of the people pretty easily. They ask basic interview questions in the realm of sales. From there I accepted a second interview which was a group/panel interview. there were 3 panel members and about 8 interviewees. The position was for an internship, and me only having 2 classes about to graduate I felt I was way over qualified as most of the people interviewing were freshman sophomores or juniors and I was a 5th year senior. From the questions other people were asking I could tell I was much more qualified. The interview commenced with them giving us this "Rhino" Project in which we were supposed to get 15 peoples numbers that we could "use as future references" (basically people to sell insurance too). The job was 100% commission and the idea of making a living off of initially selling insurance to my friends and family members was dumb.

Interview Questions

What is your best achievement?

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Reason for Declining

100% commission no base pay

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The interview consisted of a Personality Test, a Skills Test, a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Dec 2010 in Skokie, IL (took 2 months)

Ability to interpret or extract information. Must be able to process information quickly and still maintain quality by having great attention to detail.

Ability to analyze and make independent judgements on contract fundings while providing the highest level of service to the dealers.

Interview Questions

How much money do you want to make?

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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3.0

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Overall Positive Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed May 2011 (took a day)

I had a very pleasant interview. I think I would have had a very good career if I could have afforded to start.

Interview Questions

The manager wanted to know my whole life history

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Reason for Declining

I couldn't afford to start out 100% commission.

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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Nov 2009 in Sacramento, CA (took 2 days)

Northwestern mutual interview process was fairly straight forward. Had a initial interview, with what seemed to be a secretary (attractive), who asked general, scripted questions. After that interview you meet with a real agent and he sort of feels you out and makes sure he likes you.

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Tell me about a time when you have multiple task and what steps did you take to complete them?

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Negotiation Details

No negotiation

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Aug 2011 in New York, NY (took 3 days)

I posted my resume on Monster.com and was contacted by a NWM recruiter. She asked some resume questions, if I am interested and if I would like to continue with an on sight interview. While there she asked mainly easy, resume questions. The first one was what do you know about our company and second, how do you deal with rejections. It was mainly her advertising the company; they explain the interview process well so you know what you get into. It is a 3 year sales job of only insurance products. On the 2nd stage of the interview you have to come up with a 100 contacts that would buy insurance from you and make a presentation on how you will get to selling it.

Interview Questions

How do you deal with rejections?

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How many contacts do you have and are comfortable contacting to sell them insurance?

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Reason for Declining

Wrong industry. Not analytical.

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Jul 2011 in New York, NY (took 3 days)

Stanard 1:1 interview. Standard insurance sales job I gather. From what I can tell the retention rate in this industry is very low; 11%? so the recruiters are very aggressive.
The pay is $300.00 a week
Financial advisors pay for out of pocket expenses etc.
Too much like a pyramid scheme for me

Interview Questions

How would your friends describe you?

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2011 in Irvine, CA (took 5 days)

The interview went well and the interviewer was very good at making me feel comfortable and then emailed me almost immediately after saying it went really well. Then you have to take a personality/compatibility test and after which I apparently didn't respond to well. I think that that can be a decent method of evaluation but if the in-person parts go well then the electronic evaluations should not be the only factor that can eliminate you, especially since there are 4 rounds of interviews for them to figure you out.

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What are your personal goals for the next few years? (not professional, but your personal life)
I just found this difficult to answer and wasn't sure what kind of answer they were expecting or looking for.

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Jan 2011 (took a day)

Interview process from my experience clearly seemed to be a waste of time. I only took the 1st interview which was a phone interview. it lasted for an hr and a half. after the phone interview the HR sent me a huge package where i had to fill out 100 potential clients to build up my "clientele" after that i was suppose to go i n for a 1:1 interview and also a presentation. Which i decided not to follow up onto the process since it seemed like such a waste of time

Interview Questions

Give me a time where you had trouble in an assignment with a group.

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2011 (took 1 week)

Very nice people. Asked about background, education, and prior experience. They will try and sell you on what Northwestern does and the money that can be made by doing the job. Two online evaluations had to be completed which tested whether you are the right fit for the position.