Very friendly employees giving behavioral interviews. Managers in 4 of Marsh's departments and the head of HR will interview every candidate for roughly 30 minutes each. They do a good job of making it seem like there are fewer candidates trying for the position you want than there actually are. Very few technical questions were asked, they just want to see what engine you are working with. My future manager interviewed me and he was very friendly.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Marsh Risk
Interview
Applied through my university's career website. Sent cover letter to HR team in New York who forwarded it to local University Relations team. In several weeks, received request for on-campus interview. Interviewed with senior vice president, who asked several technical questions about my previous internship experience, then proceeded to discuss lighter topics such as sports and my university (which the SVP also attended). About a week later, received invitation for final interviews in downtown office.
Final interview day began early with a very informal briefing of what to expect with a Campus Recruiting specialist, followed by the actual interviews. Four candidates were brought in that day and each of us was put in a separate room. Four interviewers rotated between all four rooms, one visit from each interviewer to each candidate. My first three interviewers were VPs who asked moderately difficult behavioral questions, but were easy to socialize with, two in particular because they had graduated from the same university as me and knew many of the same people in the industry. The fourth interview was by far the most difficult, as the interviewer was an HR professional (in fact, the person who developed the TRAC program as I understand it) and asked very subjective and abstract questions. I felt that the order of my interviews put me at a disadvantage to the other candidates, because I was the person who was theoretically the most fatigued during my interview with the HR professional. However, I was told that all four of the interviewers would have some say in the decision, and to the best of my knowledge I was the only person who received an offer from that interviewing day.
After the round of interviews, all of the candidates were taken to a conference room to have refreshments and ask questions to current full-time TRAC Associates (This is a two-year rotational and formal training program which is the entry-level job upon completion of an internship). We were advised that this Q&A session would have no bearing on our interview decision, so we were free to ask anything we wanted without fear of consequences. After that session, the Campus Recruiting specialist told us that a decision would be made by the weekend (this interview day had been on a Thursday). I received a call the next day from the Campus Recruiting specialist asking how I thought the interview process went and informing me that I was being extended an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: Name three strengths and three weaknesses of yours.
Q: Why are you interested in broking as opposed to another line of work in the insurance industry?
Q: Did you have a final presentation during your last internship? Tell me about that presentation, with an emphasis on analytical aspects.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Marsh Risk (Los Angeles, CA) in Sep 2014
Interview
Two rounds of interviews - First round on Campus, and the recruiter hardly asked any questions. Just wanted to see how much you knew about Marsh and how interested you were in the position. Second round was a "superday" of four back to back 30min. interviews on-site with managers and the director of the TRAC program. Questions were mostly fit based, and the interviews were mostly conversations about the job, the company, etc. Pretty standard and straightforward interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Hoe do you deal with a difficult teammate? Why Marsh? What do you know about insurance?