Financial Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Mercer with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Financial Analyst roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Mercer overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Mercer as a Financial Analyst according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 22%
Skills test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Drug test: 11%
Other: 11%
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The first step is an easy interview with HR, then the second step is an assessment with one of the team manager. If you pass the assessment, you will have the final interview with the team manager.
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What did you do in your free time (without referring school activies)
Hirevue first, then remote interview with hiring manager. Lastly, you interview with several people in the team you will be working with. It's not an overcomplicated process and I appreciated that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a story you needed to use excel to solve a problem.
There are two rounds, one is hirevue and another is with two people online. One with manager and another with a principle. Mainly behavioral, feels like most on whether you fit with the firm and whether you fit with the job
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why firm? Why position? Why location? Teammwork and data analytics behavioral questions
The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Mercer (Minneapolis, MN) in Jan 2024
Interview
2 rounds, behavioral and ask about technical skills. They ask you to share specific projects that you have done with excel, SAS, R, etc. Behavioral questions were pretty standard. One HR person and one technical person interviewed me.