I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at New York Life (White Plains, NY) in Aug 2014
Interview
I applied online on a Saturday and received a call from them two days later on that Monday. After going to the first interview, I decided it wasn't what I was looking for so I opted out of the other two interviews. It is a total of 3 interviews for the starting position. 100% commission based.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Why NY Life?
- If I were to call your best friend, what would he/she say about you?
- 5 words that would describe you
- Why insurance sales?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at New York Life in Mar 2014
Interview
The recruiter was really nice. Not too many questions that you should answer. In the first interview, they just introduced the company and asked you to complete an assessment online.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at New York Life
Interview
Phone interview followed by a personal interview. The initial interview is technical but consists of questions you can find on Google (hint. hint.) The second interview you meet with everyone and see if you can get along. For full time employees they care more about personality that tech skills so laugh a lot. For contractors they are very picky technically. If your resume is over 2 pages they may just toss it out. Just include some popular buzz works and check Google.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Google interview prep question and you will find the questions they are using. Standard canned questions. Of course this is not related to what you will be doing so keep that in mind.