Graduate Training Program

I received information about this job posting through an alum of the college who is currently working at Aberdeen. I together with about 30 other students had to submit our resume and cover letter to the Career Development Office (CDO) at the college, and only 5 of us were chosen to have an in-person interview with 2 people from Aberdeen. One of them was the alum, and the other was a recent participant of the Graduate Training Program. They flew in about 2 weeks from the date I submitted my material to the CDO, and conducted a presentation about the company and what they do to the open campus. In the afternoon, they each interviewed the 5 of us for 30 minutes, then reconvened and compared notes they took from the conversations with us.

I would say for me one interview with the Recent Grad guy was more technical, as he asked me to explain some concepts in finance (and what I like the most from the CFA curriculum (he just finished level II so he was really excited to hear that I was going to take Level I in Dec that year). The interview with the alum was more behavioral type, as he asked me to vision where I want to be in 5 years from now, and why I think getting into the program with Aberdeen can help me achieve those goals.

In my perception, Aberdeen seems to be a very dynamic place with a diverse body of employees. They tend to minimize hierarchy in their operation, or at least in the Fixed-income and equity research teams that I had the chance to know more in depth. They value employees not only by their expertise in the field, but also by how they can contribute and build a stronger community at Aberdeen.