It was a campus process with mass shortlisting for the interviews. They shortlisted people more than the capacity that was required and the unlucky ones paid for that. From what I heard that initially the interviews were pretty easy but second half it got pretty tough bcz they had met their quota for hires. Interview was 2 rounds of Technical and 1 online HR round (optional). Both were resume based. There is programming asked with respect to you resume or to show a basic logic (ANY language) that's it. SQL was asked in 2nd round.

The process began on October 20, 2025, when we registered our details and uploaded our resumes on the Bank of America Workday portal. On October 22, 2025, I received the mail for the virtual assessment, which was a 90-minute test monitored by an AI-based system. This was the first round of the process, conducted through the HireVue platform. The assessment included five components: a self-introduction, two coding questions (one easy based on arrays and one medium based on linked lists), one explanation question where the system randomly selected one of the coding problems for me to describe in detail, and finally a professional fitment question. The assessment was completed on October 23, 2025. We later attended an online pre-placement talk on November 12, 2025, where the team discussed the work culture and role expectations at Bank of America. On November 27, 2025, the shortlist for the virtual assessment was announced, with 46 students selected to appear for the Virtual Campus Drive scheduled on November 28, 2025. The drive consisted of two rounds of video interviews conducted through Webex, with specific time slots assigned to each candidate. My first round (L1) took place from 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM. The interviewer was very direct and focused. The discussion began with my self-introduction and a detailed explanation of my projects, followed by questions related to them. I was then asked three easy coding problems: a pyramid pattern, string reversal (“This is Madhuri” to “sihT si iruhdaM”), and Fibonacci using both iterative and recursive approaches. Since I preferred Java, many conceptual questions around inheritance, the multiple inheritance flaw in Java, abstraction vs. encapsulation, String-related concepts, and other OOP principles were asked. I was also questioned on MongoDB, APIs, and some frontend concepts relevant to my projects. The round ended with basic SQL questions such as finding the second highest salary and identifying employees with no manager. Within ten minutes of completing L1, I received a call from HR informing me about my L2 interview scheduled at 3:00 PM, and the Webex link was shared via email. This interviewer was extremely detail-oriented. The round began directly with a DSA problem: “Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters.” I implemented the solution and clearly explained the logic behind it. This was followed by a deep and intensive discussion on core Java, almost like a rapid-fire quiz covering nearly everything from objects and classes to OOP principles, JVM–JDK–JRE internals, constructors, method overloading and overriding, recursion, String, StringBuilder and StringBuffer concepts, exception handling (in complete depth), multithreading, synchronization, serialization, collections framework, JDBC, and several additional core topics. Toward the end, I was asked to pick any one of my listed projects and explain it thoroughly, focusing on my exact contributions, the implementation details, and the overall architecture or workflow. Results were announced on Dec 1st, 2025. Overall, I would rate the entire experience as a 10/10. The interviews played strongly to my strengths - Java, SQL, DSA, programming fundamentals, and my projects and gave me the opportunity to demonstrate both my technical depth and clarity of thought.