I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual (Chicago, IL) in Jul 2024
Interview
8 Rounds of interviews. During which I met many people, Including managing partners, who told me how great I would be in this role. I got to the final interview and was all but told I had the job. Only to get a paragraph long email that I was not selected because their assessment, basically a personality test, said I wasnt a good fit. It didnt matter that I had more than a decade of business development or that managing partners told me how great I would be a nonsense personality test was the deciding factor.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you understand the 10-3-1 model. This is something they will talk about a lot. If you ask them about it I am sure they will talk at length.
Very professional and provide a deep background and understanding of the company. The recruiters are very friendly and help guide you through the interview process. Is a multi-step interview process including surveys and questionaries.
I went through three rounds. You have an initial screening, a one hour interview with an advisor, then meet with a partner in-person if possible. Very detailed, and they bring up cultural test results and financial projections.
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Question 1
Who is someone in your current network that could benefit from this?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Northwestern Mutual
Interview
Fortunately it was a decent introduction call.
Unfortunately the recruiter did not know the mission statement for the organization and did not look it up to share it.
Was also informed there were still to be four interviews in the interview process.