AML Analyst practice interview
Transaction monitoring, KYC reviews, suspicious activity investigation and STR reporting. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- Junior
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
An AML analyst helps stop money laundering and terrorist financing through the institution. You review alerts from transaction monitoring, check customer KYC files, investigate unusual activity and prepare suspicious transaction reports for the regulator. The panel is testing your curiosity, attention to detail and clear writing.
How to prepare
- Learn the common red flags, such as structuring, rapid movement of funds and accounts that do not fit the customer profile.
- Practise writing a short, factual case summary that explains why activity is suspicious.
- Know the basics of KYC, customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence.
- Understand the rule against tipping off a customer and why it matters.
- Be ready to explain how you clear a high volume of alerts without cutting corners.
Common mistakes
- Closing alerts on gut feel without recording the reasoning.
- Writing reports full of opinion instead of facts and evidence.
- Not knowing the difference between unusual and suspicious activity.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 5 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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