American Express Interview Questions & Reviews in New York City, NY Area
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Updated Feb 14, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Operations Manager Intern at American Express
Posted Feb 14, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in New York, NY (took 2 weeks)
I did not apply through my college - instead just applied through AmEx's online system.
Started off with two back-to-back phone interviews. Questions were entirely behavioral in nature and started off with the typical "tell me about yourself/walk me through your resume". AmEx employees generally kick of the interview off by telling you all about themselves - taking away the chance for you to ask it yourself when the interview winds down and they ask you if you have any questions.
Round 2 for a summer internship involved going down to the Manhattan office for 2 face-to-face interviews. The time in between those interviews is filled with awkward conversation with recent MBA hires who tell you over and over again "how cool it is to work here" and how enjoyable the "blue space" concept is. There was also a lunch where a random Executive VP talked for 10 minutes about how awesome he was.
I really got the impression that AmEx Operations, and especially the Global Services division, is full of socially awkward people. Most of their employees have engineering backgrounds...and it shows.
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Reason for Declining
I really got a weird vibe from this place - it seemed like they were trying to sell themselves too hard and I got the impression that people really didn't know their own co-workers or how the organization was structured.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing at American Express
Posted Jan 13, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
Huge building swarming with people doing analytics. Very difficult to see how one would make a contribution...even the people interviewing me had a difficult time describing that they contributed or even their departments. Friendly people, but seemed lost.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Personality Test and a Drug Test.
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Financial Analyst at American Express
Posted Dec 18, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in New York, NY (took 3 days)
I was screened through a phone interview first, and then asked to come in twice to meet with various members of the group. Upon leaving the interview I was contacted by phone by my American Express recruiter, who asked me how it had gone, and was able to provide some feedback. Everyone who I spoke with seemed enthusiastic and positive, I had a great impression of the group almost immediately. I was asked background questions about my previous work experience, education, and qualifications. As well as personality and scenario questions relating to my past experiences.
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Negotiation Details
I asked for several days to consider my offer, and was given the time that I asked for. I did not negotiate, as I was very happy with the offer.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Personality Test, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Financial Analyst at American Express
Posted Dec 7, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 months)
I was part of a financial analyst pipeline - essentially, having come in for a behavioral interview with 2 hiring leaders from different divisions, I was placed on a list of pre-qualified candidates for FA roles across the organization. I came in for one final round interview, meeting with 5 hiring leaders for 30 minutes each. I heard back from the recruiter 3 days later (Friday), and received an offer on the following Monday.
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Negotiation Details
You will be asked about your current salary, and your expectations for the position you are applying for (hard number). Be prepared to ask for what you want, but have the rationale to back it.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.
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Manager - Global Business Transformation at American Express
Posted Nov 29, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 months)
I was approached beginning of July 2011 thru LinkedIn by AllegisTalent2 recruiter for American Express. He asked me if I am interested to join Talent Pool at AMEX and we scheduled by e-mail time for an interview. It turned out that there was two recruiters and after 45 minutes I was accepted into internal talent pool.
Late July he approached me with a position, I was interested in that position and phone interview was scheduled with hiring manager (he was based in India). After 1 Hr interview hiring manager was very happy with me and ordered other interview in NYC HQ (where I supposed to work). I met with 4 people out there - initial recruiter, Amex HR manager, recruiter's manager and Amex director who was doing peer review. Everyone was happy, my interviews tend to run long and I was under impression that I will receive an offer. After 3 weeks I was told that position was filled by an internal candidate from India who was working directly with Hiring Manager and job was moved there.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Financial Analyst at American Express
Posted Nov 18, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 in New York, NY (took a day)
Spoke to the head of the Purchasing of Finance department which was good to be able to ask questions straight to the head instead of going through people. Some questions were about University and why I took my Economics course and then why I would be a good fit for the of Finance Analyst. There was the ability to move around the company which was good, but most of the positions required to have a Masters degree.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Manager-Risk Management at American Express
Posted Nov 4, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
Asked me working experience. However, the job description the HR gave to me was not clear.
HR didn't deliver some msg to senior manager who interviewed me later. It seems that they are lacking communication, kinda made me not know what to say during the phone interview.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Financial Analyst at American Express
Posted Oct 23, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 weeks)
Applied online through on campus recruitment system in addition to their job posting system online. Interview was 2 45 minute interviews back to back with 2 Directors. Both had joined the firm after getting their MBA and had been with the company 4-5+ years. Very structured interview as they literally read off a script and took notes on everything I was saying. Both interviews started off with a basic tell me about yourself and then transitioned into the structured portion where all questions were taken from the bullet points of the job description. For example, one of the bullets was "Ability to manipulate and synthesize financial data and draw meaningful conclusions" and the interview question was "Tell me about a time you had to manipulate and synthesize financial data and draw meaningful conclusions." Other than that, basic fit interview questions - teamwork, conflict, etc. Quick turnaround as I had the interview on Tuesday and they told me on Thursday that I did not get to the next round. Both were very friendly people that I enjoyed meeting with.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Business Analyst Intern at American Express
Posted Oct 18, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
There were two 45 minute interviews. Both were purely behavioral and while the questions were similar they were not exactly the same.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing at American Express
Posted Oct 12, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in New York, NY (took 2 weeks)
Initially a HR coordinator type person make a quick call, do minimum screening such as the if the candidate's expected salary range is within their range. Then this person or another person set up a call with a recruiter, who will check on minimum qualifications and if the opportunity is suitable to the candidate. Then the original HR person or someone else coordinate the phone interview with the hiring manager.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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