Bank of America Merrill Lynch Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (92%)

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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.

3.7
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Interview Difficulty (94%)

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.

2.9
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% Interns - FT Offers (98%)

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 Bank of America Merrill Lynch

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Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2026
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2026
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Very Easy
Vice President
Year 2022
Job Title Vice President
Group/Division Risk
Location Houston
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2026
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Real Estate
Location New York
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Difficult
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2025
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Chicago
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2024
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2025
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2025
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Global Markets
Location London
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2025
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2025
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - Bank of America Merrill Lynch Examples

Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview - Industrials

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: March 2025
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Very quick, hirevue straight to super day. took about 3 and a half weeks from application close date to offer communication. super day consisted of 2 2 on 1 30 minute interviews.
Interview Questions
TMAY, Why BofA, Why IB, tell me about a time you worked in a team, typical techs from the guides like paper LBOs, DCF, accounting, and valuation.

Investment Baking Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: January 2023
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
Online application and resume screening, followed by a HireVue consisting primarily of behavioral questions. Selected candidates were then invited to a final-round Superday with multiple interviews covering both behavioral/fit and investment banking technical questions. Following the Superday, successful candidates received an offer from the recruiting team.
Interview Questions
“The most unexpected question was, ‘What is the current SOFR rate?’ It stood out because it tested my awareness of current market conditions rather than traditional investment banking technical concepts.”

Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: March 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Round 1: Hirevue
Round 2: Zoom with a VP, then Zoom with an MD. Asked basic technicals and a stock pitch to buy and sell
Interview Questions
Pitch a stock to buy and sell

Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: May 2026
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
Standard interview/hiring process. Went through several rounds, from analyst up to MD. Some of the analyst and associate interviews were quite technical. VP and MD were more personality driven. Did take a while to get the official offer letter post verbal acceptance.
Interview Questions
No, not really.

global and corporate Investment Banking Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: March 2026
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
There were a lot of people analysing me. It was the perfect mix between techinal and behavioural. Be prepared to know technicals WSO400 works but Behavioural just as important
Interview Questions
Paper LBO

Interest Rates Sales Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: September 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
First round interview with HR. super quick phone screen, basically a vibe check. interviewer was pretty chill, asked the standard "why sales" and "why rates." then got hit with "where do you think the fed is heading with yields" and had to pitch a 10y trade idea. no crazy technicals, just wanted to see if i actually follow the macro market. was over in like 20 mins.
Interview Questions
Pitch a 10y trade

Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: April 2024
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Interview
VI -> TI -> AC

rest basic easy technicals + comp

AC was difficult, technicals harder showed a random EV question with case study, asked me which team I wanted to join, pushed hard
Interview Questions
1) EV bridge complex version
2) Squareroot of 882

IB Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: March 2025
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Interview
Initial ~7 question hirevue consisting of typical behavioral questions followed by a 1 hour virtual superday 2-3 weeks later. Superday was 30 min behavioral (what do bankers actually do, why bofa, name a recent IB transaction, what drives you to succeed) and 30 min technical (walk me through DCF, 3 statements, strong LBO candidate, 10 dollars of depreciation, paper LBO). Had interview towards end of week and heard back the following Monday.
Interview Questions
Assume company has x amount of ebitda and x amount of capex, purchased for x amount of ebitda, levered x amount, assume x years sold for same multiple - what is the MOIC / IRR over 5 years.

Investment Banking Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: March 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
The interview consisted of a technical portion first and then a behavioral portion. The technicals were mainly from the 400 IB guide, but got harder as it progressed. It seemed like it got harder until I started getting things wrong. The behavioral portion was very, very easy.
Interview Questions
What is the cost of equity and debt, What is WACC

Capital Markets Summer Analyst Interview - Debt Capital Markets

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: February 2026
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Interview
Great people - seem to value culture fit and networking a lot. Formal process with a selective hirevue (~400 people), followed by a superday. SPD is virtual, 3 seniors, markets and behavioral focused. SPD is also group specific, so I’d recommend catering your markets answers and your personal story accordingly.
Interview Questions
If you weren’t going into capital markets and Investment Banking as a whole did not exist, what would you go into?
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