AEGON USA Investment Management Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (81%)

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Interview Difficulty (81%)

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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.

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% Interns - FT Offers (46%)

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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 AEGON USA Investment Management

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2nd Year Analyst
Year 2022
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division Investment Grade Finance
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2023
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division N/A
Location Chicago
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Average
2nd Year Analyst
Year 2018
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Chicago
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2017
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Insurance
Location Denver
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2013
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Real Estate
Location Cedar Rapids
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2013
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Debt Capital Markets
Location Cedar Rapids
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2011
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Portfolio Management
Location Cedar Rapids
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - AEGON USA Investment Management Examples

Research Analyst Interview - Investment Grade Finance

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: February 2022
Date Submitted: Nov 05, 2024
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Interview
Initial HR interview, who asked the basic behavioural questions. It was more of a sense check.
This followed with an interview with some credit research analysts, 2 separate interviews with 2 in one and 2 in another. Varied from technical questions, to behavioural, like “why do you want to work at Aegon”, “what drew you to Asset Management”. As it was a for fixed income role, the technical questions surrounded this.

Following this, you had to do a case study. They gave you the company with a file containing their bonds, then you had around a week and a half to prepare a pitch. In the interview you have around 5 analysts grilling you on your pitch. Prepare the opposite side of your thesis also.

Everyone seemed super friendly, seemed really passionate about their jobs and communication was pretty quick, heard back from all rounds within a week.
Interview Questions
None were really difficult or unexpected. Maybe more macro style questions, where they asked you to talk about where you saw certain markets going in the next 2 years or so and how you’d want to position a portfolio.
Sample Answer

Distressed, Leveraged Loan Internship Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago
Interviewed: February 2023
Date Submitted: Nov 24, 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
3-4 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Very long process. First round was a simple call with the recruiter, followed by a more detailed call with the head of distressed finance. Had four more interviews after that with different members of the Aegon leveraged finance team. People seemed nice, but took a very long time to communicate. Time between interviews was very long, and it was an incredibly frustrating process overall.
Interview Questions
Asked me about different types of loans and how they are affected by current events
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Lead Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago
Interviewed: May 2018
Date Submitted: Mar 17, 2023
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Other
Interview
Generally relaxed. Company spoke in different processes one at a time. Did an initial screening, follow-up technical round looking at analysis and pricing, then followed with general strategy, e.g. how would you do this or value this ETF or Bond or Stock etc. Continued throughout a few rounds until a group stage where it was more a behavioral fit.
Interview Questions
Most difficult were random pricing questions
Sample Answer

Mutual Fund & Annuity Intern Interview - Insurance

Anonymous employee in Denver
Interviewed: April 2017
Date Submitted: Dec 03, 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
Was connected with hiring managers by a friend of the Regional VP. He said they typically recruit interns with some type of relationship with the higher-ups. The phone interview consisted of the basic explain your resume, some scenario tests based on client interactions, and some basic fit test questions.
Interview Questions
Describe a time from your previous job where you had to go above and beyond to formulate a solution. Not difficult per se but based on how the interview was operating it was a very out of the blue question. Another question that was unexpected was explaining a scenario that I "would possibly encounter on the job" about how I would solve a large conflict with a FA, if they were unhappy with their fund performance or another sales related problem they have come across. In depth answers were encouraged and often they asked for more after the initial answer.
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Intern Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous employee in Cedar Rapids
Interviewed: October 2013
Date Submitted: Aug 23, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I applied online via OCR and met with the recruiters at my school's career fair. Set up an on-campus interview with a director level employee who moved me to a "super day" at headquarters in Cedar Rapids. Two groups of about ten for the morning and afternoon with a lunch between and they select approximately eight to ten for the realty positions. Have one-on-one or two-on-one interviews with the five different departments.
Interview Questions
One market sizing question: how many gas stations are there in the US? Overall not very technical, more on how you fit for each group.
Sample Answer

Investment Management Intern Interview - Debt Capital Markets

Anonymous employee in Cedar Rapids
Interviewed: September 2013
Date Submitted: Apr 11, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Background Check
Interview
I applied in late August for the Spring internship. I was contacted via e-mail to interview in person on campus. After the 1-on-1 half hour interview, I waited for a few days to hear back from HR via phone. I was then invited to the final interview a week later, but had to complete an Excel proficiency test before. The final interview consisted of a couple different interview with four different analysts of varying levels. The questions were both behavioral and technical and they really wanted to see how interested you were in the markets. They will also take you around the trading desks and the analyst area to show you how the office looks. The people are very Iowan - friendly and intelligent.
Interview Questions
"Explain how bonds and interest rates move together?"
"What has happened in the market in the last year?"
"How would you invest a portfolio for a 60 year old person planning on retiring?"
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Portfolio Management Intern Interview - Portfolio Management

Anonymous employee in Cedar Rapids
Interviewed: 2011
Date Submitted: Apr 11, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Background Check
Interview
I applied online and received phone interview invitation fairly quickly. The phone screening is quite basic: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Excel skills. 3. Market, especially fixed income market knowledge.

The on site interview lasted the entire morning. Upon arrival, the HR lady showed me around the building, including the gym, the dining area and others. Then it's followed by a group interview. The entire analyst team was in the interview. They have prepared question lists and evaluation/grading/note sheets. They each asked one question and rotate. They were quite friendly during the process. After the analysts' round, I talked to the two portfolio managers separately, each lasting about one hour. The PMs doesn't ask many questions. Rather, they were talking most of the time. One of the PMs is sharing his investment philosophy most of the time.

I heard back from the team in about a week and accepted the offer immediately.
Interview Questions
How familiar are you with Excel? What are some of the advanced functions you have used.

I told them I'm quite good at excel and gave an example of vlookup.
There are also some FI related questions, such as what is duration, what's the lowest investment grade rating.
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