Went through a contracting agency- I did a phone interview then a walkthrough interview with one of the managers where I sat down with one of the associates and shadow them for about 30 minutes

I was approached on Indeed by Tailored Management. Nationwide uses other companies to hire people as contractors instead of associates starting off. It took a couple of weeks for me and the Tailored Management rep to put my resume together, work on interview prep, and let her know I absolutely wanted this job. My Tailored Management was extremely helpful and sweet, and she helped me every step of the way for my interview. I had a phone interview, then I was asked to do an in-person tour of Nationwide and job shadow for the position I was going to be in. After I job shadowed for about an hour, one of the managers sat me and one other candidate to ask us what we learned during our job shadow and how we felt about the job (the shadow is the last part of the interview process). Then my Tailored Management rep suggested I send a "thank you" note to the manager who I saw that day, and I did. Then I was told I had gotten the job and was given a start date, but then that start date was pushed back a couple of weeks. The entire interview process took about a month/month and a half.