Ally Financial Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (86%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.8
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Interview Difficulty (70%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

2.6
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% Interns - FT Offers (68%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at Ally Financial

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Summer Associate Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Commercial Banking
Location Remote
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2018
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Middle Market
Location Charlotte
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2017
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Commercial
Location Detroit
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2017
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Corporate Finance
Location New York
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2016
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location los angeles
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2015
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Operations
Location Detroit
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Incoming Analyst
Year 2015
Job Title Incoming Analyst
Group/Division Corporate Finance
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Year 2015
Job Title
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location Detroit
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Incoming Analyst
Year 2015
Job Title Incoming Analyst
Group/Division Corporate Finance
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - Ally Financial Examples

Internal Audit Interview - Commercial Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Remote
Interviewed: November 2022
Date Submitted: Jan 04, 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Interview consisted a a pre screening self recorded interview. After that HR contacted me for another video interview with the manager of the internship program. Interview consisted of almost entirely behavior questions. Never heard back from HR.
Interview Questions
What are you most proud of?
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Ally Corporate Finance - Charlotte Interview - Middle Market

Anonymous interview candidate in Charlotte
Interviewed: October 2018
Date Submitted: Oct 18, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I applied online via my uni. I then got an email from an employee of the clt office and setup a phone call to talk about my resume. He asked what I knew about Ally’s history. Big on Company values. No technical questions. One on one about the same.
Interview Questions
The questions honestly weren’t difficult at all - trust me. We started off with an intro and then “What do you know about Ally’s history?” as well as if I knew anything about company values and whatnot. We spent the bulk of the conversation talking about my resume and my experience, even thought it was seemingly unrelated to the position for which I applied. He asked about everything on my resume, from internships to study abroad experiences, and even asked why I chose my major and if I enjoyed it.
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Risk Management Intern Interview - Commercial

Anonymous interview candidate in Detroit
Interviewed: October 2017
Date Submitted: Jun 14, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Met recruiters initially at OCR events. Submitted application and short essays online. About a month later, was invited for a short on-campus interview in September. From there, was chosen to attend their "Super Day" at end of October. On-campus interview was mainly behavioral and seemed to just be for weeding out kids not interested in Ally. Super day consisted of 3 different interviews with all levels of staff. Some excel-based questions, not too technical. A lot of behavioral based questions. About 40-50 kids attended and only 7-10 got offers.
Interview Questions
What do you think are the top 3 things you will need to be able to do on Excel for this position?

Tell me about a time where you had to take action in a situation where you had no idea what was going on? (This one was tough for a minute since I had nothing prepared)

Do you think that your lack of experience as a sophomore will affect how you perform in this internship? (didn't understand this one, I had pretty solid experience and knew for sure of 3 other sophomores that did not do internships prior to the interviews.)
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Corporate Finance Analyst Interview - Corporate Finance

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2017
Date Submitted: Nov 05, 2017
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Selected during a resume drop to interview on campus. Interviewed by 1 recently employed analyst in the NY region and another by MD. Both interviews were 30 mins length.
Interview Questions
What is your experience with Excel?
What is your favorite class and why?
What is your least favorite class and why?
Tell me about yourself.
Why Ally Financial?
What do you know about this group?
Tell me about a time when you demonstrated teamwork?
Tell me about a time when you demonstrated time management skills?
What are your strengths and a weakness?
What are some relevant classes that you have taken that relate to the skills necessary in this position?
Who else are you interviewing with?
Any questions?
Sample Answer

team member Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in los angeles
Interviewed: June 2016
Date Submitted: Oct 29, 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
In-person
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Basic questions about what to do during X situation. availability too. Recommend to look up the STAR method online. Pretty easy stuff honestly. Be personable and smile a lot.
Interview Questions
Interviews usually take place face to face and in person, although modern communications technologies such as the Internet have enabled conversations to happen in which parties are separated geographically, such as with videoconferencing course telephone interviews can happen without visual contact. Interviews almost always involve spoken conversation between the interviewer has some way of recording the information that is gleaned from the interviewee, often by writing with a pencil and paper, sometimes transcribing with a video or audio recorder, depending on the context and extent of information and the length of the interview. Interviews have a duration in time, in the sense that the interview has a beginning and an ending.
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Data Analytics Intern Interview - Operations

Anonymous employee in Detroit
Interviewed: October 2015
Date Submitted: Aug 09, 2016
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
I went to my school's career fair first. I networked with the company's recruiters about their recent IPO, and name-dropped some past interns who had a positive experience there. They liked that I clearly did research on the company, and took my resume. I got a call back about a Superday in a week, and went down to their headquarters to interview with 4 different managers from 4 different divisions. I got to rank them at the end, and they gave me an offer 2 months later.
Interview Questions
The questions were very specific to the products that Ally had. So, they gave me one of their insurance products, and asked me to talk about various factors and metrics that I would need to measure and determine 1) its effectiveness 2) profitability and 3) cost. This was a bit difficult, since I did not have a pen and paper in front of me. They also asked me to think of creative ways to market their products to new dealers in the metro Detroit area. One of the main goals that they have is to maintain high dealer retention, so creativity and thinking outside of the box was another theme of the interview.
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Analyst Interview - Corporate Finance

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2015
Date Submitted: Nov 16, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Relatively straightforward process. I applied through my school's career services website and then was contacted by email about an on campus interview. The first round interview was behavioral and not very difficult. The questions were situation/behavioral based questions that focused on my internship experience and classroom work. The interview lasted about 30 minutes and I had time to ask questions of the interviewer at the end.
Interview Questions
None of the questions were too difficult. I was asked a couple questions about the market that were not too difficult. They focused on interest rates.
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Intern Interview - Credit Risk

Anonymous interview candidate in Detroit
Interviewed: March 2015
Date Submitted: Jul 21, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
Super Day. Included 5 interviews with various associates/analysts of the bank. Also include two interviews with senior managers. Questions had to do with general knowledge of financial markets as well as knowledge of Ally.
Interview Questions
Who was your worst boss?

Tell us what you know about Ally's history.
- Make sure know they're an online bank and that they used to be a part of General Motors. Also know the types of leases they specialize in (auto) and the extent of their reach.
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financial analyst Interview - Corporate Finance

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2015
Date Submitted: Jul 09, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I applied online through my career center and was selected to interview on campus. The interview was mostly conversational a few questions regarding the experience on my resume and my academic experience. The interviewer spent the majority of the time describing the position and the background of the company.
Interview Questions
There really wasn't anything unexpected. He did ask me to explain my graduate program since it was fairly new.
Sample Answer