Bank of New York Mellon Interview Questions

58 total interview insight submissions

Interview Experience (96%)

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.

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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.

3.8
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (79%)

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.

2.5
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (80%)

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 New York Mellon

YearPositionLocationGroup/DivisionExperienceDifficulty
2023Summer InternLondonN/APositiveEasy
2018Portfolio AnalystBostonPrivate Wealth ManagementPositiveAverage
2021AnalystBostonPrivate BankingVery PositiveEasy
2022internBlackfriarsTechnologyPositiveVery Easy
2022START Developer ProgramNew YorkSoftwareVery PositiveEasy
2021Finance InternNew YorkGeneralistNeutralAverage
2020AnalystManchesterOperationsPositiveAverage
2020Investment Operations AnalystBostonOtherPositiveEasy
2018Client Service AnalystNew YorkN/ANeutralVery Easy
2019MellonBostonTechnology, Media and Telecom (TMT)PositiveEasy

Summer Intern Interview

Anonymous employee in London

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Recruiter

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: January 2023

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview

Interview

Phone interview followed by three seperate 20 minute online video intervies with employees at the firm

Interview Questions

Tell me about a company youve been keeping an eye on. Would you choose to be the ceo of that company?

Portfolio Analyst Interview - Private Wealth Management

Anonymous employee in Boston

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: February 2018

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Drug Test

Interview

Applied online, HR reached out to set up interview, then went on for formal interviews with the team.

Interview Questions

How do you manage a client portfolio?

Analyst Interview - Private Banking

Anonymous employee in Boston

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Recruiter

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: October 2021

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Personality Test
Drug Test
Background Check

Interview

This was a pretty straightforward interview. I submitted my application through a recruiter. After I was selected to move on, I went through four rounds of interviews with managers over a few days and was offered a position.

Interview Questions

I was asked to answer some questions regarding the industry and demonstrate some fairly basic modeling in Excel.

intern Interview - Technology

Anonymous employee in Blackfriars

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Recruiter

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: June 2022

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview

Interview

Through recruiter I did a screening, then did 2 1 on 1 interviews for an hour each, asked technical, competency and situational questions

Interview Questions

If i was the CEO how would I get everyone to return to the office?

START Developer Program Interview - Software

Anonymous employee in New York

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: February 2022

Application

Group Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test

Interview

Very Smooth! One Hackerrank and then a SuperDay with two 30-minute interviews. It was a great process.

Interview Questions

What is an object? What is a class?

Finance Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

2-3 months
Interviewed: December 2021

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview

Interview

First interview was with HR on the phone, basic behavioral questions. Waited more than a month to let me know I made it to the super day.

Interview Questions

Why you would be a good fit at the company

Analyst Interview - Operations

Anonymous employee in Manchester

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

2-3 months
Interviewed: February 2020

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Background Check

Interview

Online Application / Cover Letter
Initial HR screen (start dates etc)
Onsite interviews (1 on 1 followed by a panel interview)
Group discussion on firm, culture etc

Interview Questions

Asked a few specific questions on my non-finance work experience and how the skills I learnt were relevant.

Investment Operations Analyst Interview - Other

Anonymous employee in Boston

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Recruiter

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: July 2020

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

Pretty straight forward. Walked through my resume and why I wanted to work at BNY Mellon. The interviewer was nice.

Interview Questions

There was no difficult questions

Client Service Analyst Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Other

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: March 2018

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

Company representative contacted me via email to schedule a phone call. Brief call regarding background, resume, and personal qualities.

Interview Questions

Did not receive any technical questions or really anything related to the job in question. Was asked to clarify topics and items on my resume and discuss prior experience. Very standard introductory interview phone call conversation. Was then asked typical interview questions such as greatest strength, weakness, etc. Conversation was short and did not really contain a lot of substance. Not sure what they were looking for or why they contacted me. Perhaps later interviews would lead to a more substantive discussion.

Mellon Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)

Anonymous employee in Boston

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

4-5 months
Interviewed: June 2019

Application

Phone Interview
Background Check

Interview

Placed into Mellon through Girls Who Invest scholarship program, but still had to go through an interview with manager. MOstly about work ethic.

Interview Questions

Asked me about expectations and projects I wanted to do for the team, even though we never spoke before. Manager sounded like he never prepared to call me, but was overall nice to talk to. He also asked about technical questions, such as the 3 financial statements and how to evaluate a company, but those are standard. Lastly, he asked about a time when I had competing timelines but DIDN'T complete a project, which threw me off guard because I never prepared for such a question. Just be careful about behavioral questions with a twist.