Fidelity Investments interview questions

They are really looking for consistency. I had four parts to complete in the AC which were a group exercise, a presentation (you get the topic 1 week prior to the AC), an interview, and a case study. One cannot really prepare for 1,2, and 4 but you really have to nail the presentation and know everything about what you are talking. I put in less effort and didnt get the job only because of that even though they told me that I outperformed the rest in 2 and 4 by far.

I had 3 interviews. The first was a very basic phone interview asking what I knew about the company and why did I want to work for Fidelity. I enjoy investing and helping people and this is exactly what they wanted to hear. I was next scheduled for a 30 minute phone interview where I was warned that the majority of the questions would be behavioral and was given the advice to practice. Next I had the 30 minute phone interview. I found it challenging because I was asked to give specific example after example of times I gathered information from a customer and helped them get exactly what they wanted even though it was different from what they first thought they wanted. I was asked to recommend a restaurant to an out of town guest. I live in Cincinnati and recommended a very famous restaurant on the river named Montgomery Inn. I went into extensive detail about the history of the restaurant and the variety of food. I was then told I failed this question because I should of first asked the out of town guest what type of food and dining were they looking to experience. I was told overall I did good but keep in mind for the next interview Fidelity is all about the customer expierence and remember to site examples of when you gave the customer the opportunity to ask questions and listen before offering guidance. For the 3rd interview I was brought onsite to Fidelity. The first hour was dedicated to a group presentation selling us on the Fidelity philosophy. It was even to agree with their philosophy of every decision is based on if only these 3 things are achieved. It must be good for the customer, the business and the employee. If one of those is missing we don't do it. I was then interviewed by 2 employees for the next hour. They asked for a lot of examples of where I pulled a rabbit out of the hat in stressful situations with customers and coworkers. I was very practiced and prepared and gave example after example. Side Note: I was offered the job and accepted. I was hired at the end of December and the job was to start at the end of Feb. I I passed a background check and a drug test. I was also told to schedule for fingerprinting. I had some difficulty scheduling the finger printing because I had already taken off work to do the interview. I was planning on doing the finger printing a couple weeks before the job started but I received and email in the middle of Jan that because I took so long to schedule fingerprinting I had fallen out of compliance and the offer was being taken away. My only advice to the company is that they should have communicated a specific date that fingerprinting needed to be completed. I did drag my feet on the finger printing but was never given an indication it would cost me the position by not having completed by a certain date.