Merrill·Investment Banking Analyst

Merrill Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

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London, EnglandPosted Jan 2018 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After applying online and completing online tests, I went straight into a first conversation by phone with a second-year analyst who had gone to my university.

It felt pretty informal and mainly walked through my CV, plus the usual “why this firm?” and other competency-style questions. About a week later, I was pulled into an assessment centre, where the day shifted from conversations to structured tasks.

At the assessment centre I worked on a mix of formats: a group exercise, a numerical test, and then a run of interviews that took place afterward. I ended up doing three interviews as part of the centre, including one that was case-study based. The whole process felt fairly standard for finance recruiting—structured enough that it was easy to see

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