Northwestern Mutual Financial Analyst interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Chicago, ILPosted Sep 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through eight rounds of interviews across multiple meetings, and it definitely felt like a serious process.

I spoke with a lot of people, including managing partners, who made it sound like I was doing well and that I’d be great in the role.

The end surprised me. I reached the final interview and felt like I was basically there, only to receive a short email saying I wasn’t selected. The reason given was their assessment, described as a personality test, and it felt like it overrode everything else—despite the positive feedback I’d gotten in later conversations. I left feeling like the decision was already made by that assessment, which was honestly hard to reconcile with how close it seemed to be

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