I received a call from a Farmers Insurance recruiter in Brookfield, Wis. He'd found my resumé, which was posted on a job-search website. I gave him some background information on my education and my brief experience in the working world (recent graduate). He invited me to interview at a Farmers AgencyPoint center in Brookfield five days from the initial call. Since this was my first "real" interview since graduating in December, I conducted a lot of research on the mechanics of interviewing. I brought two copies of my resumé, printed on plain computer paper as the printer was having none of the fancy nice paper. The receptionist was very pleasant, offering to take my coat and get me some coffee or water. I met with another recruiter than my initial contact. He was younger and a bit more casual than I was expecting, so I wasn't as nervous or intimidated. The one-on-one interview lasted about a half hour or 45 minutes before he took me on a small tour of the three locations in the building. There was a cubicle-maze call center, where agents spend four months cold-calling. There was also an office dedicated to conference rooms and private offices where insurance consultations could take place. The top floor is mainly the claims department, I think. I saw very few people in the office, as most employees were in a conference in Atlanta, so I don't have a firm feel about the culture there. After the tour, I was put in front of a computer where I took timed and untimed psychological and aptitude tests (e.g., "agree," "neutral," or "disagree"). That took about an hour, so I was at the AgencyPoint center for just under two hours.