Applied online then received a pre-screen interview with the HR rep, (This was after taking an online personality test). This was fairly simple, it was basic questions to see if you met the requirements of the job. As I was out of State they set up a phone interview the same day. I had a phone interview with one of the VPs and the questions were technical in nature and mostly focused on what my experience was and things on my resume. After that, HR called me the next day to set up the face to face interview. I flew down the next week, it included an hour long interview with 3 of the hiring managers. Honestly, I felt like they didn't really ask me anything, I kept repeating what my experience was and what I currently do and how it relates to the position they're trying to fill. Each one of them just went over my resume, no behavioral questions, no analytical questions, seriously there was nothing. I went in prepped to talk about the 5 C's ad infinitum, micro/macro econ impact on commercial lending, etc., etc., and didn't talk about anything remotely related. Most of them were friendly, (Rene & Mark were particularly cordial). One manager was talking about how competitive it was among the analysts. He described everyone as getting MBAs (I'm almost finished mine, however it's from a MD State school so I don't think it was good enough for Ray J) and CFAs. I didn't say much to that and I wish I had. I guess if he/they ask a similar question say you're going to get a CFA even though the job really doesn't need it considering the amount of time and money it requires to get. After that I had lunch with the other analysts and they were pretty cool and friendly. Then I did the testing phase which was basic verbal and math with some reading comprehension where you're supposed to infer things about a statement. That part sucked as you stress about thinking in the context they want you to think. I thought I could make a logical case for 2 of the 4 answers on most of these questions, for the person reading this, I guess go in and try not to over think it for whatever that's worth. Lastly, they ended it with the wonderlic test, I have no idea how I did but I felt like I bombed it. It's 50+ questions in 12 minutes and can really be anything. Like verbal, math, word problems, etc. The questions start out super easy like, "Which number is larger 1, -1, 12, 8" and then get progressively harder. After that you're done; all in all it went from 8a-4p which made for a long, stressful day. My only gripe was I had to email one of the hiring managers 3 WEEKS after the interview to ask what the status was, (at this point I knew full well I didn't get it) because I didn't hear so much as a peep from anyone at Ray J. I guess he didn't want to deal with it because about 15 minutes later one of the HR people called me with the, "thanks but no thanks" spiel. Considering their reputation, I was surprised nobody had the professional courtesy to let me know in a reasonable amount of time that I didn't get the job. However this kind of thing is becoming the norm and it was my fault for not following up with them before it got to that point, (even though we all worry about not being a pest about it). My advice for the next person would be to make an effort to sell yourself because they really didn't ask any questions that set you up to do that. Also, don't be a sucker like me and sweat it for 3 weeks waiting for a decision. Good luck.
