Aberdeen Asset Management Interview Questions

12 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (88%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) 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. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, 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 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.

3.9
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  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (89%)

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.

2.9
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  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (75%)

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 Aberdeen Asset Management

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1st Year Analyst
Year 2022
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Asset Management
Location Philadelphia
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
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Year 2017
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location Philadelphia
Experience
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Difficulty
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Year 2016
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Research
Location London
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
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Year 2016
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Equities
Location Kuala Lumpur
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
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Year 2015
Job Title Intern
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Location Philadelphia
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
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Year 2015
Job Title Intern
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Location Singapore
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Difficulty
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Year 2015
Job Title Intern
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Location London
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Difficulty
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1st Year Analyst
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Equity Research
Location Philadelphia
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Equities
Location Kuala Lumpur
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
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Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investments
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
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Interview Questions & Answers - Aberdeen Asset Management Examples

Capital Markets Interview - Asset Management

Anonymous interview candidate in Philadelphia
Interviewed: September 2022
Date Submitted: Nov 28, 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Phone screen and then 1-1 online/video interview. Interviewer was pleasant to talk to and said he would follow up with me asap. They went with another candidate unfortunately
Interview Questions
How do you work in a team?, What is your experience in commodities capital markets?
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Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Philadelphia
Interviewed: November 2017
Date Submitted: Feb 07, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Had a referral from networking with an employee and applied online through their job portal. Had a phone screening basically just going over resume/interests. Was asked to come to the office and have a group interview. Never received any status update after the (relatively) positive interview.
Interview Questions
Tell me about yourself outside of your resume. A lot of focus on interests/personality and what kinds of clubs and orgs you are involved with at school. Wanted really specific reasoning for why you selected your major, why Aberdeen, why investment management, etc. Wanted me to pitch a stock/investment and then they asked me questions about it. Reviewed specific metrics about the company (ex: iPhone sales for last quarter for AAPL) mainly to test your memory and focus. Asked me about the networking contact I had.
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Equities investment intern Interview - Investment Research

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: December 2016
Date Submitted: Oct 04, 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Interview
The interviewers were extremely friendly and the interview questions were all fit or behavioral with no technical questions.

“What do you do in your free time?”
“Tell me about a time you worked in a group? Were you a leader or a follower?”

Only a single assessment center after filling up an extremely long application form with 5-6x 300 word questions. AC consisted of two 1:1 interviews and one group exercise with a presentation at the end.
Interview Questions
1. “Why did you pick ____ business school?”

2. “What would you do after work? Do you have any hobbies?”

3. “What are the key attributes that you think make a good equity research analyst?”

4. “Which was your favorite non-finance subject in your undergraduate degree?”

5. “Why did you decide to go into finance, especially seeing as you studied engineering for your undergraduate degree?”

6. “What is your biggest weakness? What have you done or what are you planning to do to address this issue?”
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Intern Interview - Equities

Anonymous interview candidate in Kuala Lumpur
Interviewed: 2016
Date Submitted: Feb 28, 2017
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I applied online to the Kuala Lumpur office with CV and cover letter. I went through a first round interview and was offered a final round interview.
Interview Questions
Most of the questions were fairly standard and easy. They were very interested in the fact that I did a spring internship at BlackRock Portfolio Analytics group, hence they asked me what did I learn during that internship and they asked me to be as specific as possible. Other questions include why was I interested in Aberdeen Asset Management and some competency questions. Since it was just a first round interview, it is just basic screening and the interview was fairly short and straightforward.
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Summer Analyst Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in Philadelphia
Interviewed: 2015
Date Submitted: Feb 07, 2016
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Submitted an online application on their website. Reached out to some alumni via email to set up informational interview.
Interview Questions
Why did you apply to this firm even though we do not recruit on campus? You have a lot of consulting experience, so why do you want to switch into finance? Are you part of any finance organizations on campus? Can you tell us what our investment principles are? How did you hear about us, and why should we hire you? Tell me what I should invest in if I had a million dollars? Do you know anything about the cash conversion cycle? If so, what do you know about it and how can we improve on this aspect of a company?
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Summer internship Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in
Interviewed: April 2015
Date Submitted: Jun 28, 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
3-4 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Personality Test
Interview
Started with career fair, then proceed to online application, one phone interview, then 2 face to face interviews.
Interview Questions
Macro follow up questions on the stock that i pitched. The company fundamental questions, how did i get the informations, etc
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Summer Intern Interview - Investments

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: February 2015
Date Submitted: Mar 23, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Interview with HR representative and a Business Manager.
Mostly 'fit' questions and what I know about the company / Which division I wanted to work for and why.
Interview Questions
Why exactly are you interested in Fund of Funds?
Tell me about a time when you showed initiative.
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equity research Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Philadelphia
Interviewed: 2014
Date Submitted: Jun 22, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Applied online. Did a phone screen and invited to on site interview which I thought went really well. Got dinged a few days later.
Interview Questions
Was asked to pick a stock to pitch. Was also asked a lot of follow up questions about how the stock would affect certain types of portfolios.
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Intern Interview - Equities

Anonymous employee in Kuala Lumpur
Interviewed: May 2014
Date Submitted: Apr 26, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
Submit resume online, then got call for an interview. First rounds are fit based, final rounds with the CEO. I got the interview through a connection and bypassed most of the HR barriers. Definitely not as rigid a process as BBs or EBs. Overall experience was very positive and the work environment seems really friendly.
Interview Questions
Tell me about a time when you had conflict with a teammate
What do you know about Aberdeen?
What are you interested in?
Where do you want to work?
What do you know about the area?

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Spring Intern Interview - Investments

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: February 2014
Date Submitted: Apr 24, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
The interview was a mix of the usual behavioral and market based questions. I was first asked to walk through my background, work experience, and then why I chose to apply. After I was grilled on my views of the market. 3 catalysts, medium to long term view. Investment ideas etc
Interview Questions
Name 3 things going on in the economy/market I should know about. If you had a hundred million dollars where should you invest? Why you over the next 5 kids I will be interviewing? Tell me about a time you worked well in a team? What relevant course have you taken?
Sample Answer