Investment Banking Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Merrill with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 65% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Investment Banking Analyst roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 17 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Merrill overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Merrill as a Investment Banking Analyst according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 28%
Background check: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Drug test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
Skills test: 3%
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In general, the interviewer is very friendly and the interview is well organized. Questions are very investment banking focused, and the interviewer would ask following questions based on your answers.
5) (Optional) Tell me about any deal between two companies that you would "pitch" to an investment banking client i.e. we think you should buy this company and here are a few reasons.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Merrill (Ciudad de Mexico) in Apr 2018
Interview
1 exam, either from home (2hours to solve it) or in office followed by 3 interview rounds (analysts and associates then VPs and Directors and only top 3 candidates get yo meet MDs)
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Merrill (New York, NY)
Interview
1 on-campus interview (behavioral with a few technical questions)
3 on-site interviews for Superday (1 behavioral/fit, 1 all technical(walk me through a DCF, walk me through a peer comparable analysis of Nike,etc.),1 with less structure that focused on probability/math)