Northwestern Mutual Financial Analyst interview experience

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Kansas City, MOPosted Jan 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a recruiter conversation, either by phone or in person, where they explained the role and got a sense of my background.

If there was mutual interest, I was sent a personality assessment, and once it came back aligned with the behavioral types they look for in financial reps and advisors, I was invited to meet with the managing director.

That managing director meeting was very sales-forward. They leaned into the “glitz and glam” of the career, shared the average income of advisors at different time horizons, and talked through revenue projections as an average advisor. They didn’t go deep into expenses they expected me to cover unless I asked about specifics like rent, phone, parking, hiring staff, or even

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