I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bankers Life (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2025
Interview
Received a call, recruiter mentioned a few positions and scheduled interview for the next day. Instructions were to join Zoom meeting 10-15 mins before the start time; no explanation why. I joined about 4 mins before the start time and learn it's a group situation and there is already a presentation on going. Cameras are required on, business-casual dress code; but this isn't an interview; it's a pitch. "I'll pay you $1000," as a sign on bonus to get licensed. "We'll go on lots of trips, we'll go to the Bahamas." Paul is trying HARD to sell this, but I've actually been through this before, which they would have known if they asked anything.
100% waste of time
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Led me in circles, dodged questions about fees, NDA, and contract structure. NDA lead to a discussion about how the people who leave don’t do well on their own selling products as she tried to manipulate me for bringing up the concern. Gave me a gimmick growth roadmap packet for license acquisition, bonuses, and vacation bonuses. Clueless when I attempted to discuss annuity products. Manager either refused or did not know anything about the structure of the products they sold. I was genuinely astonished as I asked about my fit in the role, and I got a “you’re smart”, but your intentions are unclear, after I explained the contract, NDA , and growth was very unclear. Told me to go, “Talk to someone I respected,” to make the decision to shove me out the door. Gave me the impression that this was as close to scam and a legal business can get.
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Question 1
Did not ask me much, it was a sales pitch on bonus vacations, direct compensation, and bonuses.
I applied online. I interviewed at Bankers Life (Columbia, SC)
Interview
I was originally messaged through Indeed on the job posting and set up an in person interview for the following week. The interview ended up being a "group interview." It really was just a guy spending an hour trying to sell a 1099, 100% commission job. It felt like a bait-and-switch since I applied for Financial Advisor and, that was the job listing I received the initial message from, only for the guy to verbatim say none of us would be Financial Advisors for a year or more. He also basically stated that a trained monkey could do the job.
I interviewed at Bankers Life (Philadelphia, Calhoun, AL)
Interview
Fairly easy two interviews with a background check and fingerprinting they asked basic behavioral questions and asked me if I was comfortable working in a commission only setting I also had to answer a couple questions about finance f