My first contact with Northwestern Mutual was through a school career fair. I had heard about the internship from another student who had done it with them the previous year. The first step after the career fair is they call you the next week and screen you. They ask you what you know about the company and explain what being a financial representative entails. If you wish to proceed the next step is setting up a Skype interview. On Skype they ask you questions about how you would get clients and to tell them about yourself. The next step is then to schedule an office visit.

There were four or five interviews, if you count the meeting with my future mentor. There were also a few personality assessments. Lots of paperwork. The finance industry is tightly regulated.