Proposed Answer: The pay is atrocious, there is virtually no promotion potential, and the work is not challenging enough.

Is this a good answer? If I was to give one answer, which one is best.

I'm talking to a Partner of a boutique consulting firm. I want to know if they're having a healthy deal flow and looking for a long-term employee. I'm afraid that they might fire me if there's no business or once there's no longer a need for my specific skills. What kind of questions can I ask without sounding obnoxious?

How about: "my biggest weakness is disorganization, and my biggest strength is innovation."

I'm having an interview with this firm: http://locus.org/

There's not much information about them online. But the people seem very successful and they can probably be classified as a market research firm. Does anyone know, or can predict what kind of questions will be in the phone interview for such firm?

Thank you!

For this type of interview question is: "I see my self possessing as CFA," a good answer?

Retrospectively, I think I should have said that I currently have a comparative advantage in persuasion, but my passion is for quantitative areas of corporate finance, esp. QRM.

Is this a good response if they are looking for a quantitative person?

I am having trouble with these questions because the only answers I can think of are money and a strong desire to fit in. I could say that I want to keep moving up, but that translates to money.

Hello everyone, got an interview coming up with the CIO of a macro hedge fund, I was wondering what might be some appropriate questions to ask something that high level? I am really at a loss to what might be a good question that shows I am inquisitive, I could ask him the standard but I feel that is just too boring.

If i'm asked about my hobbies in an interview should I not mention bodybuilding?

From the client perspective, what are some reasons a client might take their business to PNC versus Bank of America?

I was "pushed out" of my pre-MBA consulting gig (and 1st full time job after college) at a well regarded boutique strategy consulting firm in July.

This was after only 1 year, allegedly because of "poor performance" even though i was "meeting expectations" at my reviews. The reality of the situtation was that there were no projects and hardly any new hirings and a bunch of people got the axe (including 2 other analysts and 2 post-MBA level guys shortly after I was terminated).

I was told that I can say "whatever I want" as to why I left the firm, as HR will only confirm my dates of employment if contacted and that I "left in good standing."

2 questions:

Hey,

Does anyone know of any good interview guides I can get from amazon.com ?

I'm looking for something that has possible questions , and possible answers...

I'm not sure how to determine which one is the best..

I guess having a focus towards behavioral questions..?

Thanks!

I was wondering which technical topics, I should brush up upon before interviewing with a AM firm which strategy is investing in small cap growth stocks? Thanks

I'm a senior preparing for consulting interviews in the fall.

Just wondering how my role in a startup business would be viewed during interviews. I can exaggerate the role to the point that I am the CFO of this company with five employees. My only concern is if i take the time to put this on my resume, how to approach the situation should I be asked something along the lines of "well how are you going to work for this startup company."

Just for backgrounds sake, it's still in the preparations phase, and given the nature of the business, we predict that it won't be up and running for at least about another year or so.

Hello fellow monkeys,

Just started reading a book called Power Questions, and one of its first recommendations is: in response to the question "tell me about yourself," say "What would you like to know?"

Any of you ever tried this or heard of anyone trying it? Or perhaps instead of wording it so bluntly, the response could be, "Is there any area you're particularly interested in/have questions about?" My sense is, in a job interview context, almost all employees jump into a rehearsed mini-overview of his/her background. The suggested response sounds interesting, and it's always good to get a dialogue going rather than straight Q&A (you always being A and the interviewer always being Q).

Thanks.

Hi, I have an upcoming interview and would like to prepare some investment ideas.

How do you present such an investment idea? What are the key aspects that you need to talk about? Do you have an example of a good investment idea (can be outdated -just to see how it works)?

Happy about any advice.
Thanks in advance

Hey guys,

Got a call from a bb for structured equity. Set up to have a phone interview. What kind of stuff should I know for this specifically? [Other than the basic IB stuff] When I applied it said "Investment Banking Analyst" but on the website I can only see it in Asset Management? Is it technically IB or AM. What exactly would it consist of so I'd have a lot more background.

Thank you

I have a second round phone interview with TransMarket Group tomorrow to "further evaluate my technical abilities." Has anyone interviewed with them before? And does anyone have any interview advice or any questions they were asked?

If an interviewer said company X is thinking of acquiring company B. You are trying to value company B. Pretend I am company B. Play twenty-one questions with me. What would some analysts ask...

Assuming he tells you what industry/business model/product line info/ etc...

- FCF, Revenue, EBITDA, average comp multiples, WACC, growth rate, barriers to entry?

Thanks

I was wondering if anyone on this site interviewed with Centerview last year for their summer analyst class? I have an upcoming interviewing and wanted to get some information. Considering they run lean and this is their 2nd summer analyst class what should I expect? They are giving me a webcam interview (never had one before).

Also any idea on how many summer analysts they bring on?

I am doing a school-year internship at a no-name boutique with literally no dealflow. What's the best way to answer this question?

I've been recently asked a question along the lines of whether i enjoyed working with financial models and why. how would you answer this question? thanks.

I thought it would be a good idea to post some questions that we received from either our first round or superday interviews with explanations to provide as a resource to future analyst prospects. Let's help out WSO users!