I applied through university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Mercer
Interview
I applied through College Recruiting, I had interviews with several different offices - initial interviews on campus with Denver and Phoenix and then a phone interview with the Phoenix office, eventually I was told that the Houston office would fly me down for interviews. The day was grueling and long, I had 4 interviews, and then lunch, and then 4 more interviews. The people were all very nice to me and overall it was a great experience, just an exhausting day in general.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Everyone seemed to ask me "why Mercer"? That was the hardest one for me because honestly I was just looking for an internship, I wasn't being really picky about where I would get one.
First step required an online video recording which was a fairly easy process. Less than a week after, I was asked for a follow up interview over the phone. This phone interview included 4 30-minute interviews with different employees from the office I would be interning at. It was a quick and smooth experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would be some effects of getting rid of parking meters in Los Angeles?
I applied online. I interviewed at Mercer in May 2017
Interview
I was first contacted to complete a video interview via email, this consisted of receiving a question having 1 minute to read and come up with a response then recording a video response. After about a day I was contacted for another interview by a Mercer recruiter and we set up a time and date that worked for me and it ended up being another online interview with some consultants from the location I would be working at. The interview was not hard it was basically just seeing if I was a good fit for the company. Overall an enjoyable process.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe a time you had a difference of opinion with a coworker how did you solve it?
I applied online. I interviewed at Mercer (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2016
Interview
First-round interview was a video screen with 8 or 9 behavioral questions. It was not difficult. For the second round interview, I flew to Chicago. The interview was 2 hours long, 4 separate 30-minute interviews. All behavioral. Interviewers were nice. Office was very nice and had a great view of Chicago. After the interviews, the intern candidates got lunch with some employees.
Mercer is terrible at getting back to you in a timely fashion. I interviewed in Chicago on October 20 and heard back on January 3 that I had not been offered the position. I reached out to them several times during that time period and they just told me to keep waiting.
