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Underwriting Assistant at MetLife

No Offer – Reviewed May 14, 2013 New

Interview Details This was one of the hundreds of positions posted as the company moves to Charlotte. Applied online and received an e-mail for an in person interview over a month later. I'd already had a phone screen for another position.

I had two back to back interviews each were two person panels. Standard behavioral questions. I feel it went well overall. The interview was mid May and they intended to make a decision by the end of May (in a couple of weeks).

Im very excited at the prospect of working for MetLife. My hopes is to make this the company from which I retire.

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Sales Associate at MetLife

No Offer – Interviewed in Los Angeles, CA (US) – Reviewed May 10, 2013 New

Interview Details Very smoothe interview followed by skills tets.

Interview Question – Technical questions to be completed online   Answer Question

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Internal Sales Associate at MetLife

No Offer – Interviewed in Charlotte, NC (US) Apr 2013 – Reviewed May 01, 2013

Interview Details Initial e-mail from Recruiter 6 weeks after application. 45 min. phone screening 3 days later. Standard resume questions, but VERY detailed. E-mail from hiring manager 2 days later (I was away on vacation; not good; they want an IMMEDIATE reply), led to phone interview a week later. HM was visiting Charlotte for a week doing phone and in-person interviews in anticipation of the relo to CLT in November on his cell phone with a very bad connection. Putting together a training class to start in August, in a temporary location as facilities in Ballantyne won't be ready until mid-November at the earliest. Job description was so poorly written that I had no desire to get this job after hearing more about it. Salary range of $30-40K, call center type work. I was WAY overqualified (and, I suspect, overage. Think they want 20-somethings). Salaries are down in CLT vs. what they were in the northeast. HM seemed totally stressed out. Metlife doesn't seem to have their act together on the relo.

Interview Question – Why did you get into sales?   Answer Question

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Internal Wholesaler at MetLife

Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 30, 2013

Interview Details interviewed with multiple people in the same day for 1 position

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Financial Services Representative at MetLife

Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 29, 2013

Interview Details Phone interview, 2 face to face interviews.

Interview Question – Why would you be good at this?   Answer Question

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Internal Wholesaler at MetLife

Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Hartford, CT (US) Dec 2010 – Reviewed Apr 16, 2013

Interview Details Very intense hiring process. Three interviews: phone interview, then interview with hiring manager and another person, then interviewed in front of a group of over 10 people and gave a 5 minute presentation.

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Negotiation Details – No negotiation. Standard corporate offer structure: take it or leave it.

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Customer Service Representative at MetLife

Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Oriskany, NY (US) Sep 2012 – Reviewed Apr 16, 2013

Interview Details The interview went great got hired right on the spot due to having experience and knowing how to go on a interview.

Interview Question – How do you handle a disgruntled customer on the phone or how would you calm them down?   View Answer

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Financial Services Representative at MetLife

Accepted Offer – Reviewed Mar 30, 2013

Interview Details 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 Question – None really. Just keeping talking up your connections and dropping names.   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – They're more flexible on your base weekly pay then they let on. Don't settle for anything other then the full 24k they will pay you in the first 19 weeks (save your money though because all those people you said you knew in the interview better buy insurance/give referrals or your paychecks will drop from 1300 week to 0 if you don't have a lot of sales in your pipeline.)

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Underwriting Analyst at MetLife

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Kansas City, MO (US) – Reviewed Mar 25, 2013

Interview Details I was scheduled for a 1 hour long interview. I met with an HR person first and was asked the basic behavioral questions while she took notes. That lasted about 20 minutes and then I met with an Underwriting Consultant for the rest of the hour. He asked more behavioral style questions but were much more specific than the first set. After answering his questions he said they were hiring about 15 people and looking to have a recruiting class in about a month. He also said that there would be a second interview after I complete some aptitude assessments if I am selected and that the whole hiring process should only take 1-2 weeks.

Interview Question – Please describe a time when you had a conflict with a group member or superior and how could it have been avoided?   View Answer

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Financial Services Representative at MetLife

Accepted Offer – Interviewed on West Des Moines, IA (US) Apr 2011 – Reviewed Mar 21, 2013

Interview Details 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.

Interview Question – There were no difficult questions.   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – The temp agency took care of salary. I had pre-negotiated with RH for $14/hr.

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