I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Gabriel Partners (Phoenix, AZ) in Oct 2017
Interview
I don't even know where to begin. .After driving an hour and a half for an interview today, I was greeted by a receptionist and told I needed to take a "Wonderlic test". I was absolutely appalled and felt absolutely insulted that I was being asked to take a basic intelligence test when I have a Bachelor's degree in Marketing. I was told by a recruiter that I would be meeting with two managers for an interview, instead I was being asked to complete this ridiculous exam. I made the mistake of agreeing to take the exam and was told that I would have 12 minutes to complete 50 multiple choice questions. I was then walked to a testing room and was told by the receptionist no one finishes and to just "try my best". That's exactly what I did. I got to question 28 ( which is answering more than 2 questions per minute). After the exam, I was told that a manager would be out to conduct an interview with me in a few minutes. However, instead I was greeted by a man who wouldn't shake my hand or introduce himself and was told that I did not answer enough questions in the allotted time and that "I would not be moving any further in the interview process".
After this experience, I felt very deceived. I was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn regarding this position. I had a phone interview and was never told I'd be taking exams to get a position that pays slightly above minimum wage a year. I was also asked to submit an Excel Exam and Writing Exam previous to this interview experience. Those were the only exams that seemed reasonable to me as I know many graduates come out of school not knowing how to use Excel. In addition, I was later told by the recruiter that even if I had passed this "Wonderlic exam" I still would have had ANOTHER writing exam to take after that.
So, AML RightSource, you mislead interviewees into taking 4 separate exams before determining whether or not they are worthy of your time for an interview? Interviewees should be advised ahead of time about the B.S. tests you intend on forcing them to take.
Unless you are incredibly desperate, I suggest you RUN from applying for a position with AML RightSource and avoid any recruiters that try to suck you into this "game". I will be advising fellow graduates who graduated in my class to steer clear from applying for positions within your company.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Gabriel Partners
Interview
Quick and to the point. I felt like they really made sure they had me in to interview and got back to me right away on whether they were going to make me an offer or not.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about my experience and to list my strengths and weaknesses. Basic interview questions.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Gabriel Partners (Cleveland, OH) in Oct 2017
Interview
Initially reached put to by a selectone recruiter. After expressing interest I received an excel test asking me to manipulate some data using pivot tables and the filter function. I also received a writing test consisting of 10 random, unrelated words that I needed to intertwine into a cohesive narrative. After about two months the same recruiter emailed saying that Gabriel partners wanted to bring me in for an in person interview in their downtown office.
The first thing they will have you do take a wonderlic test. They look for at least a 20 on the test. If you prepare for it you will achieve this no problem. I scored a 31. After this I had an interview with a HR guy and a operations manager. The HR guy seemed nice enough but the manager was very cold and condescending. They will ask you a few questions to test your general knowledge of the business and what aml/bsa is. Then they will walk you through some scenarios around money laundering and ask you to make a decision on whether or not you believe the person is practicing any illicit activities.
After that they will take you in a room, sit you down in front of a laptop and have you complete another writing assessment. This one involves a scenario where a red flag was raised about a person's account activity. It asks you to write a narrative summarizing who the account owner is and what their normal account activity looks like. Then you have to make a decision on whether or not you believe this red flag is something that needs to be escalated or not. All of the details are given to you. They give you 30 minutes to complete this task.
They seem to judge you based upon your answers to these scenarios, even though you will have likely had no training in dealing with these type of questions.