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Read on for examples of questions candidates have faced at interviews with financial institutions – and how they answered them. We will be adding more examples to this page as and when they come in, so watch this space.
ABN Amro, Shanghai: Financial management (internship)
Barclays Capital: Finance interview, industrial placement
Barclays Capital: Investment banking/debt capital markets (graduate)
Barclays Capital: Operations (internship)
Barclays Capital: Sales and trading (internship)
Barclays Capital: Equity research (graduate)
Citigroup: Global markets - sales and trading (internship)
Citigroup: Investment banking division (internship)
Credit Suisse, Singapore: Product control (industrial placement)
Credit Suisse: Investment banking division (internship)
Deutsche Bank: Private wealth management (graduate)
Fortis Bank: Merchant banking interview (graduate)
Goldman Sachs: Investment Banking (internships)
Goldman Sachs: Investment research interview (internship)
Goldman Sachs, Hong Kong: Private wealth management (off-cycle internship)
Goldman Sachs: Operations (long-term internship)
HSBC CIB, Paris: Key accounts, front office team (long-term internship)
ICAP: Voice trading and electronic trading (graduate)
JPMorgan: Investment banking (IBD) interview (graduate)
JPMorgan: Capital markets interview (graduate, trading)
JPMorgan: Operations interview (graduate)
JPMorgan, Paris: Private wealth management (long-term internship)
KPMG: Audit (school leaver programme)
Lehman Brothers (when it still existed): Investment banking division (internship)
Macquarie Group: Oil and gas team (MBA, full time)
Merrill Lynch: Global markets (internship)
Merrill Lynch: Technology (internship)
Merrill Lynch: Private wealth management (internship)
Merrill Lynch: Private wealth management (internship)
Morgan Stanley: Investment banking division (internship)
Morgan Stanley: Investment banking division (internship)
Morgan Stanley: Investment banking division (internship)
Nomura: Equities interview (graduate)
PricewaterhouseCoopers: Assurance (internship)
Rothschild: Investment banking division (graduate)
Royal Bank of Scotland: Corporate banking interview (graduate)
Royal Bank of Scotland: Operations (internship)
Standard Chartered Bank: Transaction banking interview (graduate)
Thomson Reuters: Business graduate programme
UBS: Finance and accounting interview (graduate)
UBS: Equity research interview (graduate)
UBS: Equity research interview (internship)
UBS: Investment banking (IBD) interview (graduate)
UBS, Asia: Sales and trading (internship)
UBS: Investment banking technology (internship)
Investment banking (IBD): Sample questions from various banks
Investment banking: Summer associate positions for MBAs (various banks)
Sales and trading: Sample questions from various banks
COMMENTS
Poppy, Student, Mon 01 Dec 08
Thanks for posting these questions online...really useful. However if we had sample answers then that would be even better.
Add your comment »Sunil, Operations, Wed 03 Dec 08
Thanks for updating these details really like your stuff
Add your comment »Anon, Compliance / Legal, Mon 22 Dec 08
I think posting the questions is a great idea. Answers, however, should be thought up by candidates themselves. An interviewer can spot a 'borrowed' answer a mile off.
Add your comment »FinanceMajor, Student, Fri 09 Jan 09
I recently had a BarCap telephone interview how do i go about gicing you the questions
Add your comment »Sarah, Editor, eFinancialCareers, HR & Recruitment, Fri 09 Jan 09
Hi. You can send questions/answers to editor@efinancialcareers.com. Please send them ASAP as we're making the draw to win the iPod Nano in the next week.
Add your comment »Sarah, Editor, eFinancialCareers, HR & Recruitment, Tue 24 Feb 09
Hi. To avoid any confusion created by the comment above, we're now running another iPod Nano competition for people who send us questions they were asked during internship interviews. The deadline for this is March 13th.
Add your comment »Laney, Student, Sun 31 Jan 10
This is a fantastic idea, and has been a tremendous resource for reference purposes!! Brilliant!!
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