J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 2 jours. J'ai passé un entretien chez Northwestern Mutual (Dallas, TX) en mai 2012
Entretien
I was contacted by recruiter to interview (I did not make the initial contact), and I went in to speak with a recruiter one-on-one. The office was very nice, and the interview went very well. I was given a packet of information and walked through the entire hiring process (which is extremely complex...) before being taken to another office to watch a video about the company. Afterwards, they emailed me a personality test to take at home. I took it within 24 hours, and within another 12 hours I received an email stating that "based on the results from my test" they would not be moving forward with my application. After all that, it felt like they had wasted a lot of my time. They contacted me, brought me in for a long, drawn-out interview, lectured me on the hiring process, made me watch a video... all so they could deny me after taking a test that I wish they had asked me to take in the first place.
J'ai postulé en personne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Northwestern Mutual (Garden City, NY) en sept. 2011
Entretien
Local branch manager does interviewing, or there will be a specific recruiter on staff. Most interviewed are offered positions as attrition in industry is very high. Had to wait a week or two for a new training class to begin. Size of class varies; mine had 7 individuals. By end of 12 months, only 3 remained.
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 2 jours. J'ai passé un entretien chez Northwestern Mutual (Princeton, NJ) en mars 2011
Entretien
Met a recruiter at a business marketing event. I was invited for an interview with the company where I had a one-on-one review with an HR person. They asked questions about myself and my work experience, what qualities I have that sets me apart from other candidates, etc. etc. Everything was going fine till they briefly spoke about the compensation process. It sounded eerily familiar to a MLM structure so I asked them if that's what it was, and not to my surprise I received a lot of ums, and other mouth fumblings, till I was told when I come back for the second part of the interview it would be explained in more detail. This was a red flag for me, if you can't explain how you compensate your employees in 5 mins you probably don't have the employees interest at heart.