I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at MetLife
Interview
Process is mess. Interviews are a breeze, basically of you act like your rich/ have rich friends and lots of community connections you're hired. They have you fill out a worksheet with up to 200 names, put 300 and you're in. Once you're "hired" and pass the industry exams ( life/ series 66/ series7) you go into a quasi training period for 3-7 weeks depending on your sales performance. Key point is you're not paid during this period and you won't start receiving a paycheck until all regulators have signed off all licenses are in place etc. so your hire date is a moving target.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None really. Just keeping talking up your connections and dropping names.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at MetLife (West Des Moines, IA) in Apr 2011
Interview
I worked through a temp agency and they had already screened me and recommended me for the position. The manager who interviewed me basically was there to make sure I would fit in and he just asked me some general questions since we were already there. Very easy, laid-back interview.