I applied through other source. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at New York Life (Dallas, TX) in Jan 2016
Interview
I received the following e-mail via LinkedIn from a "Senior Partner":
"I am in the process of interviewing for 2 strategic sales management development positions within New York Life's Partner Development program. The successful candidates will enter a 12-month program and at their successful completion will be promoted into a sales leadership role. The successful candidate must possess a college degree, and have a minimum of 5 years of successful management experience or specific financial services experience within the financial planning or wealth management arena. Would be great if we could set up some time this week to talk regarding this position. Please provide me availabilities and a good contact number I can call you on. Look forward to speaking with you.
Best Regards,
Dean Panjwani
Senior Partner"
Currently in a "Vice President" position with a nearly six-figure base salary and ample commission, I was not desperate and am generally open to "the right" opportunity. My LinkedIn profile is very clear about my background and 15 years of sales and sales management experience.
The short version is after a 90-minute interview (that was mainly scrolling through a powerpoint deck telling me about the company), I found that the position has no base salary, is 100% commissioned and it would be a minimum of one-year before I could actually be considered for a management position.
Not that this would not be a potentially good opportunity for someone fresh out of college, but it was quite irksome to have spent all of this time on a position that didn't really exist. Very similar to Primerica. Own it. False pre-tenses will only frustrate your cause.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Take two minutes to tell me why you would be great at working for us.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at New York Life (Tampa, FL) in Oct 2015
Interview
Really easy, the first time you meet with the hiring professional they ask mostly about your personality and how competitive you are. Second interview they explain you about the company and how you are going to make money. Third interview you start receiving some classes and guidance until the moment when you get your first license and then a final test where depending on your results you get selected or not
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you handle competition or comission based project
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at New York Life (Providence, RI)
Interview
The interview process took up way too much of my time. You go through a basic phone interview, followed by meeting at the office, then a training at the office and then on the 3rd meeting you get a job offer. They give you information to purchase the study materials for the exam that you series 7 exam that you must take and they offer unpaid job training and training for the exam. They want contact information from many of your friends and family members so that they can try and sell insurance to them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic interview questions, tell me about yourself, etc.