Ally Financial Interview Questions & Reviews in Charlotte, NC Area

Interview Details – The lady that interviewed me was very nice. She laid out her questions and they were not difficult responses.

Reason for Declining – I got a better offer

Interview Details – Applied online and had a phone interview with the hiring manager within a few days. The next week I was brought in to meet several groups of potential co-workers and clients (about 8 within a 2 hour period) and was told by the hiring manager that they all approved of me. A few days later I brought in again to meet the VP of the department and discussed the role with him for about 40 minutes.

Followed up with a few thank you emails and played the waiting game for a few weeks. Called the HR rep to check on the status, which took a little time since the hiring manager was on vacation. Got a reply via email that they decided to go with another candidate. Somewhat surprised me since the interviews seemed to go very well and I met all the qualifications for the position.

Got an offer with another bank the next day.

Interview Details – 5 phone interviews while others had one face to face over dinner.

Negotiation Details – You can always get more money!!!

Interview Details – First there was a 30 minute phone interview set up by the recruiter. A week later, the recruiter set up a 2.5 hour in person interview with 3 people. A couple of weeks later I received a standard we have filled the position email. The interview was very standard. I was shown the reports, which were wordy but easy to duplicate.

Interview Details – The interview experience was largely between me and the hiring manager via phone initially through a couple of rounds, then face to face with a couple peers, a couple of hiring manager peers. Then a panel of a peer, hiring manager, and skip level, all of whom had already interviewed me one or more times previously.

Negotiation Details – This was actually the toughest part, and took two months after all the interviews were completed. They were very indecisive it seemed on whether or not they wanted to hire me, even though they had already extended the offer. It took a week or more for them to respond to each counter-offer/negotiation point. It was very difficult, and they were resolute on not giving me the title and base salary I wanted. Giving those up, did I manage to negotiate a signing bonus to cover some stock grants I would lose leaving my previous employer, and they made me prove it. Also, I negotiated a full year bonus payout even though I joined mid-year (25% of base). However, when bonus payout came, it was only 8%. I complained that this was counter to my terms of my offer, and my manager's response was they 1) they didn't even consider my letter in the payout, and 2) I'm lucky I wasn't taking a pay cut like everyone else. With the low bonus payout, I actually DID take a pay cut! Long story short, I don't know why they didn't offer me a pony, too, or a periwinkle Corvette, since they were unconcerned about offering me anything it took to get me to take the job, in the absence of title or base. Beware of this about this company. Stick with your base terms, and if they can't deliver, don't take the job.

Interview Details – It was easy, began with email from HR and phone interviews followed by in person interviews.

Negotiation Details – Did not negotiate much, just took the offer.

Interview Details – Recruiter called. Researched company on their website for 2 hours. Interviewed for 30 min. Started two weeks later.

Negotiation Details – No negotiation was possible.

Interview Details – Overall smart people with good questions very good recruiter. However, Human Resources leadership was very unorganized and did not speak highly of peers in other groups Technology group gave very poor feedback on finance and Risk HR.

Reason for Declining – Lack of Human Resources opportunity and team work did not exist.