for BB sales interview, how well do i need to know about various structured products?
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on 10/31/10 at 7:33am
Hi guys, sorry if my question is too general. I am preparing for a BB sales interview and would really like some guidance here.
Basically I know questions like "how do you price xxx" will definitely come up. My question is, how well i need to know about these pricing mechanism of various products? say, I know the underlying factors affecting price of an ELN but do i need to talk about how these factors are structured into the pricing?
any help is much appreciated.






I doubt you'd see any of that
I doubt you'd see any of that in an interview.
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Yea, I would doubt you would
Yea, I would doubt you would see anything that specific in a sales interview for an entry level position, and even if you did, getting a question that difficult wrong probably wouldn't ding you.
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Dude, saying you know the
Dude, saying you know the factors that affect the price of an ELN is like saying the factors that affect the price of a vanilla bond and a put/call, because that's all an ELN is.
A principal protection ELN is a Long Call + Cashbond while a yield enhancing ELN is a short leveraged put + cashbond.. you aren't saying much.
Revsly wrote: I doubt you'd
I doubt you'd see any of that in an interview.
Yea, I would doubt you would see anything that specific in a sales interview for an entry level position, and even if you did, getting a question that difficult wrong probably wouldn't ding you.
thanks for the reassurance. unfortunately competition is still insane out there:( so i just think i should be well-prepared for this type of product related questions. besides i do have mates getting pricing questions when they went through the recruitment last year.
i apply for graduate roles.
could you advise what kind of questions i should expect the most in terms of technical questions for a typical sales superday/AC?
much appreciated.
DecisionTime wrote: Dude,
Dude, saying you know the factors that affect the price of an ELN is like saying the factors that affect the price of a vanilla bond and a put/call, because that's all an ELN is.
A principal protection ELN is a Long Call + Cashbond while a yield enhancing ELN is a short leveraged put + cashbond.. you aren't saying much.
thank you! got it.