The Empower assessment process, explained

Understand Empower’s published hiring stages, internship route, and the limits of available assessment information.

By the Game Assessment Prep research teamUpdated September 14, 2026How we research

The Empower hiring process at a glance

  1. 1Application — Submit a profile, resume, and answers to the vacancy’s questions.
  2. 2Assessment, where required — Role-dependent; the public guide does not specify its format.Assessment evidence
  3. 3Interviews — Talent Acquisition, the hiring manager, or both may interview you.
  4. 4Conditional offer — Pre-employment checks follow selection; FINRA-licensed positions require an additional compliance review.Timing

What to expect in the Empower assessment

No specific assessment game is sufficiently documented for this employer to recommend a matching simulator. An unspecified assessment could cover different skills; the invitation is the useful starting point.

Good to know: A Workday application link identifies the application system, not the assessment provider. Do not infer game-based testing from the employer name or from generic vendor marketing that uses the word empower.

Which Empower roles and programs does this guide cover?

Check the employer before choosing preparation. Here, Empower means the financial-services business serving workplace retirement plans and personal investors. An invitation from another business named Empower needs a different guide.

Use the job description to decide what deserves attention: explaining a retirement-account change, delivering a technology project, and supporting an advisory client call for different evidence. The recommendations below are preparation exercises, not a prediction of exact interview questions.

Employer identity and scope

Empower’s company page identifies Great-West Lifeco as its parent and Greenwood Village, Colorado, as headquarters. This guide covers that employer, with U.S. hiring and internship guidance; it does not establish a process for unrelated organizations using the same name.

Official source

Source: Empower — About us

U.S. summer internships

The student page lists actuarial, finance, operations, technology, marketing, and sales internships. Eligibility includes undergraduate sophomores and juniors, plus graduate students with at least one semester remaining. It names Greenwood Village, Boston, and Hartford as internship locations; check the individual posting for your placement.

Official source

Source: Empower — Students and early careers

Financial customer service

The September 2026 representative posting describes an entry-level route with paid training. Work includes account changes, contributions, loans, withdrawals, and explaining plan updates. Its selection criteria emphasize communication, empathy, problem solving, resilience, and detail. These are useful preparation themes; the posting does not establish a particular test.

Official source

Source: Empower — Financial Customer Service Representative, R.0062186

Professional and management recruitment

A September 2026 Talent Acquisition vacancy describes using assessment tools, structured interview guides, and scorecards for financial-services recruitment. This supports preparing concrete evidence against role requirements, without identifying any candidate-facing assessment provider.

Official source

Source: Empower — Talent Acquisition Consultant, R.0061821

How does the Empower assessment work?

An assessment is possible

Official source

The hiring page explicitly allows an assessment for some roles during application. It does not make testing mandatory for every applicant.

Source: Empower — Our hiring process

Requesting an adjustment

Official source

Empower’s FAQ provides recruiting@empower.com for accommodation requests during the application process. Raise any needed adjustment before starting an assessment.

Source: Empower — Hiring Process FAQ

What happens in the Empower hiring process?

General application and interview stages

Empower publishes a flexible sequence rather than a fixed number of interviews.

  1. 1Talent Acquisition reviews the application materials and job-related answers.
  2. 2An assessment may accompany the application; suitable applicants may receive a phone screening invitation.
  3. 3The interview participants depend on the role. A conditional offer precedes the required checks.

Source: Empower — Our hiring process

The published internship route

The student page gives its own sequence; it does not publish a separate testing stage.

  1. 1Apply to a suitable internship; selected applicants may receive further screening by phone or video.
  2. 2Successful candidates receive a verbal offer and written letter.
  3. 3Acceptance and applicable screening lead to a confirmed start date. Orientation and integration occupy the first two weeks.

Source: Empower — Students and early careers

Checks after selection

The FAQ explains the U.S. pre-employment checks separately from interviews.

  1. 1Screening includes a drug test and background review covering criminal and credit history, employment, and highest completed education.
  2. 2FINRA-licensed positions also receive a regulatory review concerning license sponsorship.

Source: Empower — Hiring Process FAQ

When is the Empower assessment?

Separate the employer’s hiring target, the vacancy closing date, and any assessment deadline. They answer different questions.

CycleApplication datesLikely assessment windowEvidence
General hiringUse the vacancy closing dateInvitation-specificOfficial source

Empower aims to fill positions within 90 days, with variation by role. This is not a guaranteed response or offer deadline.

Source: Empower — Hiring Process FAQ

Summer internship cycleRolling recruitment beginning in fallNo standard test window publishedOfficial source

Recruitment begins in fall for the following summer. The 10-week program typically runs from after Memorial Day through early August; confirm the dates for your offer.

Source: Empower — Students and early careers

How to prepare for the Empower assessment process

Build a short evidence bank with a different example for each major requirement. Explain your actions and result clearly enough that an interviewer can distinguish your contribution from the team’s.

1. Practice explaining a sensitive account issue

For customer service, rehearse clarifying a confused customer’s request, checking details, and explaining the next step calmly. Include when you would escalate instead of guessing. This is an original practice scenario, not a reported test.

2. Connect your work to financial customers

For technical or corporate roles, choose a project where accuracy, reliability, or simpler communication improved an outcome. Explain the tradeoff, your checks, and what you changed after feedback.

3. Prepare an internship project story

Use coursework, a student organization, or employment to show how you learned something unfamiliar. Describe the specific problem and what you would do differently, rather than relying on a broad claim that you learn quickly.

4. Check the real invitation

Record the deadline, time zone, delivery format, equipment needs, and any practice material provided. If details are missing, ask your recruiting contact before choosing specialist preparation. Keep factual questions about the role ready for the interview.

Empower assessment FAQ

Which Empower does this guide cover?

The financial-services Empower at empower.com, serving retirement plans and personal investors. Confirm that identity against your vacancy; the name alone is not enough.

Does Empower use HireVue or assessment games?

The reviewed official sources do not identify either. Some roles can require an assessment, but its provider and content must be confirmed from your invitation.

Do I need finance experience for customer service?

Not necessarily. The cited representative role accepts qualifying customer-service experience from areas such as retail, hospitality, teaching, and banking. Check the education and experience combination in your own vacancy.

Can I apply for more than one role?

Yes. Empower’s FAQ advises using one profile for all applications and recommends PDF or DOC resumes.

What should I emphasize about Empower itself?

Understand its retirement and personal-investor customers. Its published values emphasize customer focus, accountability, learning, improvement, and inclusion. Prepare an example showing how you acted on one of those themes; simply reciting the values adds little.

Sources and references

The sources below support this guide. Claim labels distinguish official information, candidate reports, and research inferences.

  1. Our hiring process

    Empower · Accessed

  2. Hiring Process FAQ

    Empower · Accessed

  3. Students and early careers

    Empower · Accessed

  4. About Empower

    Empower · Accessed

  5. Talent Acquisition Consultant — Temporary position, R.0061821

    Empower · Accessed

  6. Financial Customer Service Representative, R.0062186

    Empower · Accessed

Game Assessment Prep is independent and is not affiliated with Empower or its assessment providers. Employer processes can change by program, role, country, and recruiting cycle. Follow your invitation over this guide. This guide was reviewed on . Claims are labeled by evidence strength. How we research and label claims.

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