Financial Planning Representative & Summer Intern

Position was advertised on university job boards as an analytical wealth management and financial modeling internship. During the second interview round, the managing director required candidate to complete 'Project 200'—providing contact information and estimated net worth of 200 friends, relatives, and alumni as a test of 'market network readiness.' When candidate hesitated on privacy and compliance grounds, the interviewer abruptly ended the interview. Candidate never received a follow-up. 📋 Uncompensated Assessment Details: 'Project 200' candidate personal network dossier (names, personal phone numbers, estimated net worth) ⭐ Ghost Severity Rating: 4.18 / 5.0 Rating Analysis: Severe rating driven by predatory data-farming homework extracting personal network contacts (4.8), perpetual year-round campus postings (4.8), 60 days of post-refusal silence (4.5), and unanimous community consensus (5.0). Rubric Breakdown: Silence: 4.5/5.0 | Rounds: 2.5/5.0 | Take-Home: 4.8/5.0 | Reposting: 4.8/5.0 | Consensus: 5.0/5.0 🔗 Community Discussion & Evidence: Reddit (1240 upvotes, 384 comments) — https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/14c810u/northwestern_mutual_predatory_contact_harvesting/ 🔍 Glassdoor Footprint: Perpetually Reposted (6+ months). Evergreen listings active across hundreds of university cities year-round on Indeed and Handshake. More than 350 reviews on Glassdoor specifically warn students about cold-calling family and contact-farming tactics.