I met a representative of the company at my college's career fair. A few days later I revived a phone call. A few days after that, I received a tour of the office and filled out an application. A few days later, I received a group orientation to learn more about the job and compensation.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at New York Life in Oct 2014
Interview
There was really not much to my interview. A friend of a friend is an agent and he contacted a partner who setup the interview. I met with a partner and a training manager. The interview really consisted of them trying to convince me to give the position a shot. They were clear up front about the nature of the job and explained the comp structure, which is 100% commission based.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at New York Life in Nov 2014
Interview
The interview process was two interviews. You first meet with the head of recruitment and speak with him and his schedule is very flexible so you can meet whenever is free for you. That interview is very easy and is mostly him laying out what the internship is about, he's very easy to talk to, funny, and helpful with answering any questions you have. Then you take a survey on the computer which lasts about 10 minutes where you answer questions about yourself and that's very very simple. If you "pass" then you get a call/email scheduling you an interview with the senior partner, Vince. In this interview, he basically tells you more about what you will do and how everything goes down in the internship, easy to talk to, friendly guy. They just want to see that you are capable of taking it on and with the part-time internship being only 50 hours total (unless you want to do more) it is seen as fairly simple and comfortable to accomplish.