Bank of America HireVue Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
Bank of America uses a recorded video interview early in its student and graduate hiring. These are the questions candidates report, grouped by type, with how to answer them.
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How the Bank of America HireVue works
Bank of America HireVue questions candidates report
20 questions from Bank of America HireVue interviews. Prepare a story for each type rather than a script for each question.
Motivation and fit
Why Bank of America?
Why are you interested in this programme or business?
How does this role fit in with your career goals?
How has your coursework prepared you for this role?
Behavioural
Describe a project or job where you had to achieve goals.
Which one of your key accomplishments best shows your personal initiative and willingness to push beyond what is required?
Describe a time when you used your understanding of a client’s needs to identify a solution.
Talk about a time you made a difficult business decision.
Name a time you juggled multiple tasks and how you managed your time.
Tell me about a time you solved a problem proactively.
Tell me about a time you struggled.
Teamwork and communication
Tell me about a time you collaborated with others or showed leadership.
How do you work in a multicultural and multigenerational team?
Describe a situation where you faced a conflict with a coworker.
Describe a time when you had to convince or persuade someone of your views.
Describe a time you had to explain something in detail to a supervisor or client.
Markets and technical
Describe two trends happening in your chosen department or field.
Discuss a current global event, how it is affecting the markets and why it matters to the role you applied for.
How do you get from equity value to enterprise value?
Walk me through a DCF.
How to answer Bank of America HireVue questions
Build “Why Bank of America” on Responsible Growth
Bank of America calls its strategy Responsible Growth, with four tenets: grow and win the market, grow with a customer-focused strategy, grow within its risk framework and grow in a sustainable way. Its stated purpose is to “help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.” Choose the tenet that matches your line of business and show where you have acted the same way.
Prepare for your line of business
Reported questions ask why this programme, how the role fits your career goals and for two trends in your chosen field. Bank of America runs separate student programmes, from Global Corporate & Investment Banking and Global Markets to Global Technology, Global Operations and Global Risk Management. Name the one you applied to, what it does for clients and two current trends in it.
Say how and why, because no one can ask
Bank of America says it cannot ask follow-up questions in the video interview, so you should cover how or why you did something. In each answer, state the reason behind your choice as well as the action, and finish with the result and what you would repeat.
Show you raise risks early
Responsible Growth says every employee is responsible for managing risk day to day, through the “prompt identification, escalation and debate of risks”. In the difficult decision, struggle and current event questions, name the risk you saw, who you told and how it changed what you did.
Put the client at the centre
One reported question asks how you used a client’s needs to find a solution, and another how you explained something in detail to a client or supervisor. Describe what the person needed, how you found out, and the outcome for them, not only for you.
Banking roles: keep technicals short
Candidates report equity value to enterprise value and a DCF walk-through. Give the steps in order in under a minute (for enterprise value: add net debt and other claims such as preferred stock and minority interest), then stop. A clean, short answer leaves time to spare on the clock.
Tips for recording your answers
- Use the practice time before the real questions to check your camera, sound and lighting.
- Write down a few points while you prepare. Bank of America says notes are fine.
- Aim for about two minutes. Bank of America expects at least 1:45 per answer and allows up to three.
- Pick a room with a plain backdrop, no echo and a strong Wi-Fi connection.
- Tell people at home you need 20 to 30 minutes, and if someone interrupts anyway, keep going.
- Look at the camera, not the screen, and dress as you would for an interview in person.
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are in the Bank of America HireVue?
Bank of America does not publish a number. Candidates report five to eight, mostly behavioural and open-ended. In the US and Canada the interview takes about 20 to 30 minutes.
How long do you get to answer Bank of America HireVue questions?
In the US and Canada you get 30 seconds to prepare and up to three minutes to answer each question. Bank of America says to expect to use at least 1:45 per answer.
Can you retake answers in the Bank of America HireVue?
Bank of America does not say. Candidates report up to two optional retakes. You get time to practise before the real questions, so use it to settle in.
Does the Bank of America HireVue have technical questions?
Most questions are behavioural. Banking candidates report technical ones too, such as getting from equity value to enterprise value and walking through a DCF, plus questions on trends in your field and a current market event.
What happens after the Bank of America HireVue?
In the US and Canada a second round may follow, then a final round that varies by line of business. In EMEA the next step is an assessment centre; in Asia Pacific, one or more competency-based interviews.
Practise for the Bank of America HireVue
Our AI interview practice uses the same one-way format: five questions on screen, 60 seconds to prepare, then up to a minute to answer on camera. Choose the finance focus and the questions lean towards finance, with feedback on relevance, clarity and structure and on what finance assessors look for, such as commercial awareness and integrity. You also get a model answer to your weakest question.
The questions are ours, not Bank of America’s. Start answering before the 60 seconds are up to match a shorter thinking time, and since practice lets you re-record, do one session in a single take.
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