Merrill·Financial Analyst

Merrill Financial Analyst interview experience

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Chicago, ILPosted Feb 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I learned the hard way that the videos were designed to catch me being even slightly inattentive.

I went through the screening materials and tried to move quickly, but I realized I would have needed to pick up on specific details from the video to answer later questions correctly. By the time I got to the questions, it felt like the process was hinging on whether I watched closely rather than just knowing the general subject matter.

Overall it wasn’t a complicated idea, but it was annoyingly easy to miss key information. The whole experience left me feeling like the format was more of a test of careful attention than investment knowledge, and I didn’t end up with an offer.

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