Personal Financial Representative applicants have rated the interview process at Northwestern Mutual with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Personal Financial Representative roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Northwestern Mutual overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Northwestern Mutual as a Personal Financial Representative according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Drug test: 17%
Personality test: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
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The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (Chicago, IL) in Aug 2011
Interview
The initial interview was more of a social skills assessment - no finance background necessary. Once you pass the recruiter's standards, you go on to take multiple personality profiles. These are essentially psych analyses. The second interview was also informal, though you are given the opportunity to meet some of the city's top employees, i.e. the managing partner for the Chicago branch. Again, most of the questions were informal - the role requires you to be socially capable, they really check for that. It seems that the general atmosphere is fairly laid back, but you have to be ready to commit to a sales position such as this one.
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Question 1
How have you felt about the interview process thus far? And what made you come back?
The process is several interviews long. The process begins with a recruiter asking basic questions, filling out forms, and another internal interview. The last interview is with the district manager.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (Jackson, TN) in Dec 2018
Interview
It was very laid back and easy. I could to tell immediately that there was going to be a great work environment. I also was able to clearly understand goals and requirements of the job.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (New York, NY) in May 2016
Interview
I had 2 interviews after reaching out to the recruiter I met at my school. During the first one I answered standard questions and scenarios. I was then assigned 10 market surveys to be completed by the next interview. I was offered the job upon completion of the surveys and a successful 2nd interview. This was exactly the line of work I was looking to do so I was not scared away by the commission based pay