*** Report on Bank of America Merrill Lynch interview questions and detailed answers from a Cover Letter Library member’s experiences. This is based on Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Corporate and Investment Banking final interview for Spring Internship position in London in 2016. There may be some variations depending on the offices or other new updates to the recruitment practice – so please use this for reference / preparation purposes only ***

Some first bits on the logistics

• • Who’s the lucky company?
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch

• • For which division at Bank of America Merrill Lynch?
    Global Corporate and Investment Banking

• • And for which office?
    London

• • Which year was this Bank of America Merrill Lynch interview?
    2016

• • What’s the formal title of the position you interviewed for?
    Spring Insight Week

• • How were you informed of this interview?
    HR emailed

• • Were you able to choose the time slot yourself?
    Yes

• • And this interview was therefore…
    In the afternoon

• • Was this a … ?
    phone interview

• • Which stage was this interview?
    final round interview

Let’s talk about this final round interview in some details

• • How many separate interviews were in this final round interview ?
    Only one

• • How long was each interview?
    N/A – One

• • How many interviewers were in this final round interview in total and each interview ?
    One

• • How long was this final round interview in total?
    Around 15-20 minutes

• • Were there any personal / CV-based questions? If yes, what were they?
    No but I references my CV in these questions.

• • Were there any competencies questions? If yes, what were they?
    Yes; your basic skills: tell me about a time when you have demonstrated: leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, handling different types of people to achieve a goal

• • Were there any technical questions? If yes, what were they?
    No, apart from what has interested you in the news.

• • Any other weird questions we haven’t covered?
    Why BAML and what you can do for us?

• • What was the most difficult / unusual question among these? How did you deal with it?
    The questions were all simple, but I guess that was the hard bit. Being all simple questions, you had to find ways of making sure your answers were not simple and showed you had potential. I did this by constantly drawing up examples to back up what I said.

• • What was the most unexpected thing about this final round interview ?
    That there was only a telephone interview, and no technical questions at all!

• • Did you progress to the next stage?
    Yes

• • How long roughly did it take for you to hear back about this outcome?
    One weel

• • Via what means did you hear back about this outcome?
    Phone

• • Is there anything you wish you should have known or prepared for prior to this final round interview at Bank of America Merrill Lynch?
    No, but I recommend over-preparing rather than under preparing.

• • Overall, out of 10, how would you evaluate your experience of this final round interview with Bank of America Merrill Lynch?
    8

• Before you go, is there anything else you think will help other candidates ace this final round interview at Bank of America Merrill Lynch?
  Even if others say that there will not be technical questions, prepare anyway because there is no harm and you can prove you know your stuff.

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