Investment Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Fisher Investments with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Investment Associate roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 225 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Fisher Investments overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Fisher Investments as a Investment Associate according to 225 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 49%
One on one interview: 23%
Background check: 8%
Group panel interview: 6%
Presentation: 4%
Personality test: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Skills test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Other: 1%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Fisher Investments (San Mateo, CA) in Jan 2016
Interview
Very long interview process. Applied through an employee referral, was emailed about 2 months later to schedule a phone interview. Spoke with a recruiter on the phone. 1 week later, got an email saying that they wanted to meet in person. 2 weeks after that email a recruiter called me to schedule an in office interview. In person interview begins with a tour, then you meet with three people from different groups in the company. I was called a few days later to schedule a follow up phone interview.After that phone interview, one of their recruiters called me to schedule ANOTHER phone interview. Very long, drawn out process. Having the next phone interview in a few days. will be updating this post.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
whats your background, why finance, tell me about a time you thrived in a fast paced competitive environment, explain something to me in simple terms that you learned in one of your classes, where do you see yourself in the firm 3 years from now, what would your former manager say about you, what kind of manager do you want, whats something that isn't on your resume, why fisher
I enjoyed the process but also no idea where it’s going. Excited to see what happens and hoping for a good result. Also I need to write 30 words I guess
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Fisher Investments (Camas, WA) in Jun 2021
Interview
Don’t apply. The only entry position is client service associate which is basically busy work nobody wants to do. They respond to your application quickly because HR is measured by success on how many interviews they do. So they literally interview knowing that they aren’t going to hire. That’s why they always have job openings listed on their website. So they can keep HR busy. The firm has no flexibility. 50 hours of busy work if you do take the job. The process consists of a phone screening then round robin with multiple teams claiming they have open positions but again they only hire CSA for new hires. Questions are all normal behavioral and really easy but hiring is really dependent on if enough people have quit recently that they need bodies.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Fisher Investments (Camas, WA) in Jun 2021
Interview
The overall interview process was pretty lengthy. For starters, you aren’t applying for the “Investment Associate” role but rather multiple roles that the company thinks you’d fit in well with. First you meet with a recruiter, then you meet with multiple hiring managers, then a debrief with a recruiter about your experience, and then back to one of the hiring managers, and finally culminating with a Vice President or “higher-up.” All this being said, everyone was very polite and welcoming throughout the process. Interview questions were standard behavioral questions with a few random ones mixed in. Expect the whole process to take at least a month from start to finish.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for Fisher Investments?
Why should we hire you?
Tell me about yourself