Bank of America

Full ownership; You want to make sure that everything handed to you such as the deposit slips are filled out correctly and accurately. Your work such as the deposit slips are audited by a manager and that counts toward your work performance. Also, you will have your own cash drawer. Every work sh...

I worked part-time and was in school full time and my branch was opened on the weekends. I worked every Saturday and three times out of the week. But if I needed a Saturday, my manager saw fit that I was able to get the day off. It really depends on your time management skills.

For quant, the basic requirement is finish of the intern project. Additionally, the summer intern program is designed in a diverse style. Quant intern will participate a presentation test together with sales and trading interns (Global Markets Program). It will require you to talk with colleagues...

For intern project, the difficulty and complexity will be limited. In terms of ownership, I think the business requirement comes directly from trading or sales team. The quant is free to talk with them and come up with suggestions. Also, it will be helpful to stand out to add your own idea in the...

You will be assigned a desk/cubicle and you will have meetings, and some classes scheduled for you on any software or projects the department may be engaged with. You will shadow someone in between meetings, classes and then you will start taking calls from internal customers and provide them the...

Customer Service skills and cash handling will be the most useful. Knowing the products will also help. Become familiar with banking trends if you are not already. Use their products and have an honest opinion about them if you do. These products will become free upon hire. It could be worth the ...

It is a very diverse brand. There will be people you meet from all walks of life. I believe the core team I worked with was able to do an excellent job for people it served. The issues that arise within the company were always distant and unrelated to my work. I would be blunt and say everyone in...

Like most blue-chip companies you will see a great program. BoA has an online platform designed to get you into the teller window asap. Focusing first on the very basics of the job, and eventually to the more expansionary roles. a)balancing cash & transactions daily. b)customer conversations ar...

You’re supporting the wealth management division of the firm, which in recent years has become a huge profit generator for many of the bulge bracket banks, BAML included. Bringing in new clients not only directly helps the advisor you’re supporting, but also the firm as a whole through increased ...

The “winter analyst” role is essentially one of being a seasonal client associate — as such, successful candidates (i.e. those able to bring in new clients) will likely be offered a full time position within the firm’s FADP (financial advisor development program). If that’s where your interests t...

Your role in Bank of America/Merrill Lynch is fortunately a very important role. You help to save the bank money by keeping its customer’s business. More importantly, you help the customers to feel at ease with the bank handling their money. Finally, every claim that you complete helps the bank t...

To help yourself at obtaining full time employment with Bank of America/Merrill Lynch is to work hard and perform well. Remember that good quality work is better than quantitative work. The quantity part will come with your good quality work.

As for career progression, the best way I can answer this is, it is up to you. You have to make connections and network, as well as prove yourself as a hard worker and dedicated analyst. Your manager and colleagues will see your potential to grow. Career progression is all up to you!

An internship at a firm with name recognition goes a long way to securing a job after. In addition, I would say more often than not, the internship you have going into your Senior your of college ends up being your job right out of college. I was offered a job at BofAML, but I chose to go a diffe...

Excel, Word, PowerPoint (MS Office in general) communications (specifically at a high level or with high level personnel), attention to detail, hard work, ability to adapt and be resourceful. In addition obviously it would be very important to have a firm understanding of finance, investments, ec...

I don’t really understand this question but whatever assignments you receive you should try to do to the very best of your ability- whether you are binding books or generating a product for client use. Your boss and coworkers will pay attention to the quality/thoroughness of and the efficiency w...

Probably not a good question for me. I was interning during school, so I worked 2 days a week for a total of about 10 hrs per week. But the full-time FAs had control over their own time once they built a book of clients (usually 2-3 years after joining)

As far as the ownership of your work question goes, to be honest, there was nothing I had done that i thought was worth me taking ownership for...if you're speaking in regards to maybe a manager using your idea or something. Whatever work I did, i took full ownership in my thought process and ana...

A typical day in the office includes helping customers with their transactions, doing office stuffs such as book keeping and record filing, calling potential clients that the bank has the permission to call (people can opt out on marketing agendas and they'll be in a list), calling clients that w...

Be knowledgeable about the financial field, terms, words, lingos, stuff like that. Show that you are highly motivated and will go above and beyond for the team, examples greatly help. Be a good story teller, tell your story with pride, enjoyment and fulfillment. Smile a ton, don't eat or drink an...