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Updated May 18, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Sales Agent at Primerica
Posted Dec 29, 2009
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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 Oct 2009 in Detroit, MI (took a day)
The interview was held in a group setting with about 25 other candidates. The interview felt like a high pressure sales pitch. My insticts told me to "run" !
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Reason for Declining
The numbers were not adding up! And the hiring manager stated that he was making a 6 figure salary, yet his car was a POS and his suit was wrinkled and shoes were scuffed! He was a retired police officer. Why is he working in financial planning with no finance degree?
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Sales at Primerica
Posted Dec 12, 2009
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2007 in Dallas, GA (took a day)
This place was too scammy. I told the scheduler that I was NOT interested in a door to door commission only job. She said they have other scheduler type jobs and that she would bring me in to interview for that position.
I was the first of about 15 people to arrive for the interview. We all sat through the stupid sales pitch for their 'Triangular based commission structure' - I was told there was a base training that everyone had to go through and then from there you decide your pathway.
After the 1 1/2 long sales pitch, we were asked to fill out a form so they could schedule one on one interviews. I walked out without filling it out.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Representative at Primerica
Posted Nov 28, 2009
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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 Jul 2009 (took a day)
I was called by a representative. She received my information from a friend of mines who knew I was interested in Finance. The Primerica Representative was nice and told me where she was from and that she was looking for people to work. She invited me for a presentation and an interview. The atmosphere was positive and people where nice, which is totally different from the other job interviews that I went to with other firms. She explained that the pay was commission only and other information which led me to sign on with the company part time.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Finance Intern at Primerica
Posted Nov 5, 2009
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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 May 2009 in Perrysburg, OH (took 2 days)
Responded to an ad on craigslist for a finance intern position, then was emailed and told if I was interested to come to their office for a presentation without telling me who they were, just where they were. Then, listened to a presentation from the Branch Manager talk about his experiences in financial services. The presentation had about 15 guests and after they were supposed to talk to who invited them. Then the guy who invited me wanted me to come back for an interview the next day. The next day I came back he told me what the job was and really pushed me to get started by signing up with the company. I then said this wasn't for me and left.
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Reason for Declining
No real office setting, pyramid scheme, no real help from anyone to get you started.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Finance at Primerica
Posted Oct 31, 2009
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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 Oct 2009 (took a day)
It was just a basic interview to test about the knowledge of the company and its services. A bit of inquiries into my past life like my college, my internship experience, changes I would like to bring about a public company, and the will to learn new things.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Financial Services Representative at Primerica
Posted Oct 16, 2009
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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 Oct 2009 in Charlotte, NC (took a day)
So I made the incredibly stupid mistake of moving to Charlotte minus the job. A family member was ill so I blindly moved to help them out. Desperately I am hitting every job site on the internet. On Craigslist there was this add about a financial consultant. I had previously worked in patient financial services at the hospital so thought I might make a good fit. Well I call the number and it kicks into this weird voice mail of someone who English was obviously not their first language. To make matters worse they were speaking entirely too fast. Unable to understand I hang up and don't leave a message. About an hour later I get a call back and it is someone asking if I had called about a financial services job...I say yes (I had applied for so many jobs I had no idea who this was, but, whatever) the person on the other line gives me an address and a time for the interview.
I show up the next day dressed to impress and there are like 15 of us crammed in this little reception room. Some of us were dressed nicer than others. It was obvious we were all from very mixed backgrounds. My spidey sense was tingling. We were asked to sign in to the list on the clip board. I see where it said name and then it said invitee. Umm that was kind of odd for an interview...this wasn't a party that I was 'invited' to. I am starting to get a sickly feeling in my stomach. I sit back down waiting when I notice a basket of magazines. On the cover of one it mentions Primerica. I scoop it up and flip to the page indicated. All I am seeing is start your own business blah blah blah. Then they call us all back for a panel type presentation. The guy goes on and on how he is a sister company or owned by Citi and how they are probably going to be bought out by Goldman Sachs. They say that they are not even Primerica but a company called Roussis? Then why do you answer your phones under Primerica? Why is that not on your add on the internet? Thirty minutes go buy and it gets down to the whole MLM thing and how they want 99 bucks and 25 a month during training or something. I politely head for the door. But some woman is following me out ( I am reminded of a zombie movie) she says 'wait..wait' and I am like "sorry not for me".
You know I am not mad at MLM schemes but I am mad at how they sneak into your lives. They should have just said what they were so they don't waste peoples lives. I needed a real paying job not a job that I had to pay people to do with no concrete pay check coming in.
Interview Questions
Reason for Declining
I declined on this because it was not a job offer. It was an offer to pay to be an independent distributor of a multilevel marketing scheme.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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He Never Really Told Me, Just That I Would Be Selling Insurance, 401k, Etc at Primerica
Posted Sep 3, 2009
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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 Sep 2009 in Milwaukee, WI (took a day)
It was bizarre...He got my resume off a local website and called me. He did not mention the name of the company, what the position was or how he got my phone number. I had a feeling it was from this website, though. I called him back and he still didn't tell me the name of the business, I had to ask for that and for the position title. So I went to this "interview." He didn't ask me one question and didn't even bother to read my resume, he just scribbled is scam on the back of it. Glad I wasted my resume paper. He went into his presenation on what he did and what I would be doing and that my customers would solely come from "referrals" from friends and family. I asked about salary, and the only answer was that it depended on my commission and what my customers purchased and how much they invested. I knew this was a joke when he told me about regrets his father (his boss) had because he didn't "recruit" more people because he would have made about $500k just off that.
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Reason for Declining
ITS A PYRAMID SCAM!!!! I'm going to loose more money than I'm going to make. I did some research on them and there is more negative than positive.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Presentation.
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Agent at Primerica
Posted Aug 19, 2009
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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 Jul 2009 (took 2 days)
I was contacted by an agent or representative who found my resume on-line. He said he wanted to meet with me because his company- PFS (Primerica Financial Services)- was looking to add another 30 representatives in this area.
I arrived in the office and was asked to fill out an application form. Before I was finished a representative came in and tookover filling out my form. She asked about my salary requirements, whether or not my previous job allowed for advancement, and what I was looking for in next employer. She said it was important that I be interested in being my own boss.
Next, the gentleman whom first contacted me came in to finish the interview. He was an agent with 5 months of experience. He failed to bring his copy of my resume and knew next to nothing about my background. He did not ask for a copy of my resume. He went right into describing the business model. He said that as a business owner I would be responsible for paying my own benefits. He then asked if I would be interested in coming back the next day for a presentation describing the business. I had a scheduling conflict and declined. He then asked for a second interview so that we could discuss how the business and compensation works. Again, I declined.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Sales Representative at Primerica
Posted Aug 19, 2009
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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 Jul 2009 in Hattiesburg, MS (took a day)
This was the wierdest job interview that I have ever encountered. I ran into this guy while I was grocery shopping and he asked me if I knew anyone looking for a job. I told him I might be and he set me up for an interview the next day. I met with this individual for an interview and he asked me one question, which was what I expected from Primerica. The rest of the time it was all about him and his accomplishments and what the company does. I have never in my life been offered a job that I had no skills of any kind in. This copmany is just crazy.
Interview Questions
Reason for Declining
The company seemed like a scam or joke. I have never been through an interview where I was not really asked questions about me. It was more of the interviewer telling me about them.
Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Financial Services Representative at Primerica
Posted Jun 3, 2009
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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 Jan 2009 in Fort Worth, TX (took a day)
I was referred to Primerica by my girlfriend and my first impression talking with their regional vice president is that she is so eager to get me in for an interview. On the interview, I had a feeling that everything was so good to be true, and she insisted that she wanted to look at me and my husband's finance, which make me feel very uncomfortable!
Interview Questions
Reason for Declining
No salary and I have to pay for my licenses!
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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