I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Merrill in Dec 2010
Interview
The hiring process was pretty straight forward. I filled out an application through Bank of America's website. I received a call back from Merrill Lynch 1 week later asking me to come in and take an aptitude test. The test consisted of basic economic, finance and accounting principles. Later that same day I received an email letting me know I had passed that test and was required to take a personality test which took about an hour. I received a call from the Directors assistant about three days later asking me to come in for a 1 on 1 interview with the Director of the local office. I interviewed with the Director as well as the PMD training program director. All in all the two interviews took a little over two hours. I received a call from the Director's assistant about a week later asking me to come back in and meet with the Director again. At this interview the Director offered me the position.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Why should we hire you at Merrill Lynch at this point in your career?
Easy process, 3 round interview. Aptitude test based like logical reasoning questions. Easy interview with hiring manager. General questions, asked about career goals and aspirations. Overall it was a good interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How will you use connections to build book of business?
I was interviewed by one senior advisor and the market executive. They played good cop bad cop. One said I was under qualified and the other laid out the job description as if I had already been given an offer.
I applied online. I interviewed at Merrill (Palmdale, CA) in Aug 2022
Interview
Preliminary recruiter treated me like a number with “the opportunity” to interview for the role. Once I passed to the next step, the actual manager spoke of how he treated his own employees when a customer would personally attack the employees. He said there is always a reason the customer is dissatisfied. I disagreed and said I didn’t want to work under a company that threw its employees under the bus for the sake of appeasing a customer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you relate a time when you went above and beyond to deliver maximum service to the client. What did you do and what was the outcome?
