Merrill Lynch Interview Questions & Reviews in New York City, NY Area
Updated May 19, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Intern at Merrill Lynch
Posted Jan 14, 2012
2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Manasquan, NJ (took a day)
Applied online and basically got a call asking me more about myself and to schedule a 1 on 1 interview. Eventually led to me going in and them offering the position before I walked out.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Investment Banking Associate at Merrill Lynch
Posted Jun 27, 2011
4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 in New York, NY (took 2 days)
Direct from college or business school recruiting route is the way to go - there are a lot of different positions available across the firm
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pre-packaged deal, not much to debate
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I got the interview through a College or University.
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Wealth Management Intern at Merrill Lynch
Posted Apr 13, 2011
2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2009 in Toms River, NJ (took a day)
I went in to the office to speak to the branch manager. He was very friendly and talked to me about my life and my past. Than i talked with a financial advisor who was in charge of the intern program. He talked about the same things plus career interests and why i wanna work for Merrill. It went very smooth because as long as your somewhat competent they could use an extra intern to do the ground work for them.
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Negotiation Details
No negotiation. Intern was $10. Most kids do it for school credit
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Specialist at Merrill Lynch
Posted Mar 8, 2011
3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 in New York, NY (took 2 days)
very easy going process, and the interview is interested in how you got the interview, and for do you know in the company.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Wealth Management Intern at Merrill Lynch
Posted Feb 4, 2011
2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in New York, NY (took 2 days)
Very professional and fast with their interview process. Just one interview with the manager I would be working with. Interviewer was very nice and understood that as a student I wasn't full of interview experience. Helped me through it so I would be comfortable and show my best. Asked me to describe myself as well as times I had been a leader.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Global Wealth Management Intern at Merrill Lynch
Posted Jan 3, 2011
2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2009 in New York, NY (took 1 week)
I submitted my resume and was called back in a day or two. After this brief phone conversation, I was invited to come into the office for a 1 on 1 interview. The interview was pretty simple (I was applying for an internship). My interviewer told me he would strongly consider me for the position and began to show me around the office on the same day. A week or so later, the interviewer called me to tell me I got the spot and that I need to go to the WTC to get my fingerprints and picture taken. That was the most annoying part I would say. Once I got this part done, I had to go to the office to hand the papers in and then I started the week after! :)
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Wealth Management Intern at Merrill Lynch
Posted Oct 10, 2010
2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in New York, NY (took 1 week)
Within two weeks of my resume being sent out by the career development office on campus, I received a call from an employee who was recruiting interns for the summer. She left a voice mail and I returned her call. We coordinated a day and time for the interview. In the first interview, she asked me specific details of my resume, what I knew about the industry, my strengths, weaknesses etc. She assigned me a task for my second interview for the following week. I completed the task and she was impressed. Thus, I got the internship.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Investment Banking Intern at Merrill Lynch
Posted Sep 24, 2010
3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2008 in New York, NY (took 4+ weeks)
As a freshman in college, most of the questions were fit/behavioral type. Nothing out of the extraordinary. There are lower standards when you are young in college!
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Investment Associate at Merrill Lynch
Posted Aug 2, 2010
3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2008 in New York, NY (took a day)
Met managers, team and CAs. very friendly. Holding CFA got me the job.
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Negotiation Details
no , offer was interesting.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Investment Management Intern at Merrill Lynch
Posted Nov 30, 2009
4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2008 in New York, NY (took a day)
After the resume drop, I was called by the Financial Advisor's current intern to schedule an interview. At the interview, the FA said "okay, this is how this interview works. I will ask you questions until you get an answer wrong." He then proceeded to ask me statistics, multiplication, division, and equity/debt questions with about three seconds to answer. i think a business major who could do 54 x 69 rapidly in their head would have done alright, but as this was my first business interview, I was definitely caught off guard.
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