Finance Intern applicants have rated the interview process at American Express with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Finance Intern roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at American Express overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at American Express as a Finance Intern according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 36%
Phone interview: 27%
Other: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
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The interview process was mostly seamless. I had three interviews in total, and they were about 30 mins each. They were mostly behavioral and situational questions asked with some case questions. For the most part, really great experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself?
Why Finance?
What is your biggest strength?
What do you hope to gain out of this internship?
What is Amex and what do they do?
How does a credit card make money? Business model of the credit card industry?
What are Amex's sources of revenues and expenses?
What are the risks and benefits associated with releasing credit cards to college students? How would American Express roll this out?
How is Amex different from its competitors? - How would a slowdown in spending affect revenues & expenses in the company?
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at American Express (New York, NY)
Interview
Applied and received an invitation to coffee chat, the had two 30 minute first round, followed by 2 30 minute final round interview. It was a mix of both behavioral and technical questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at American Express (New York, NY)
Interview
video calls with interviewer she was serious but nice. took about 30-40 mins, a lot of questions about company, revenue and costs. question about hypothetical credit card campaign. Why amex, tell me about a time...
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why American Express?
AmEx revenue sources and main costs
I interviewed at American Express (London, England)
Interview
2 back to back with 2. Directors, overall nice people
Standard and structured questions, they seem to have a list of questions and don’t have much room for adjustments
About 1 hr in total