Truist HireVue Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
The HireVue video interview is the first formal interview for Truist internships and early-career programmes. These are the questions candidates report, grouped by type, with how to answer them.
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How the Truist HireVue works
Truist HireVue questions candidates report
10 questions from Truist HireVue interviews. Prepare a story for each type rather than a script for each question.
Motivation and fit
Why Truist? Why do you want to work here?
Tell me about yourself and walk me through your resume.
Why this specific internship, programme or business line?
What skills do you have that are relevant to this role?
Behavioural
Tell me about a time you worked in a team and the role you played.
Tell me about a significant challenge you faced and how you handled it.
Describe a leadership experience and how you managed a team.
Values and judgement
Tell me about a time you did something against your morals, or had to handle a morally difficult situation.
What do you value, and how do those values show up in how you work?
Markets
How do you keep up with economics and markets, and what recent events matter to our business?
How to answer Truist HireVue questions
Answer “What do you value?” with Truist’s own values in mind
Truist names five values: Trustworthy (“We serve with integrity”), Caring, One Team, Success (“When our clients win, we all win”) and Happiness. Pick the one or two that are genuinely yours and back each with a short example. Naming all five sounds rehearsed.
Be honest in the morals question
The question about acting against your morals tests the first value, Trustworthy. Choose a real situation where you felt pressure to cut a corner, say what you did and why, and what you would do the same or differently. If you got it wrong, say what you learned rather than hiding it.
Link “Why Truist” to its purpose
Truist’s stated purpose is “to inspire and build better lives and communities.” Connect that to the business line you applied for: what that team does for clients or communities, and something you have done that shows the same aim.
Know your business line
Expect to explain why this internship or programme in particular. Say what the team does (corporate banking, commercial banking, credit delivery or Truist Securities), who its clients are and what a first-year analyst there works on.
Show One Team in team answers
Truist’s One Team value reads “Together, we can accomplish anything.” In team and leadership answers, say clearly what you did yourself, then how it helped the group reach its goal.
Have one market story ready
The markets question comes up for banking tracks. Prepare one recent event, such as an interest rate decision, and explain what happened, what it means for borrowers and lenders, and why it matters to the clients of the team you applied to.
Tips for recording your answers
- Check the thinking and answer times on screen before each question; reports vary by division.
- Use the thinking time to note three words: the situation, what you did and the result.
- Aim to finish a little before the limit. A complete answer beats one the timer cuts off.
- Look at the lens, not your own picture, with the camera at eye level and the light in front of you.
- Record somewhere quiet and allow extra time for set-up before you start.
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are in the Truist HireVue?
Truist does not publish a number. Candidates report about six questions.
How long do you get to answer Truist HireVue questions?
Truist does not publish the timings. Candidates report between 30 and 60 seconds to think and between 90 seconds and two minutes to answer each question.
What questions are asked in the Truist HireVue?
Mostly motivation and behaviour: why Truist, why this programme, teamwork, a challenge, leadership and a question about your values or a morally difficult situation. Banking tracks can also get a question on markets.
What happens after the Truist HireVue?
If you go through, the next step is usually a live phone screen or a superday.
Practise for the Truist 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 Truist’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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