Daiwa Securities Group Interview Questions

2 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (64%)

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The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

4
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  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (79%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

3.5
  • Very Easy
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  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (93%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at Daiwa Securities Group

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Intern
Year 2012
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Equity Research
Location seoul
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Trader
Year 2013
Job Title Trader
Group/Division Trading
Location Hong Kong
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - Daiwa Securities Group Examples

intern Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous employee in seoul
Interviewed: January 2012
Date Submitted: Nov 19, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
There were 2 interviewers, one was senior sector analyst, and the other was the MD. It was all behavioral based questions followed by some computer based skill test(excel, bloomberg)
Interview Questions
most questions were typical behavioral questions including resume walk-through and questions like "where do you see yourself in the next 5 yeas", "why equity research" or "how do you deal with stressful situations"
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Trader Interview - Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Hong Kong
Interviewed: 2013
Date Submitted: Jun 07, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Interview questions consist of 2 parts - behavioral and Quan knowledge
Behavioral questions are of standard type, and one can easily handle for those questions
Quan questions are harder to answer, need many different type of knowledge set in order to get it done.
Interviewers are very nice - they have been friendly in the whole interview
It is actually a 3 on 1 interview - so you can expect the difficulty
Interview Questions
What do you think of your boss?
This was a hard one, cant tell the negative parts and should only focus on good things
Where would you like to be 5 years or 10 years from now?
I was not prepared for that - and all in a sudden during the interview, I believe I cannot give a good answer for this one
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