Allied Irish Banks Interview Questions

2 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (62%)

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Interview Difficulty (62%)

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% Interns - FT Offers (85%)

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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 Allied Irish Banks

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Summer Associate Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Commercial Banking
Location Dublin
Experience
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Difficulty
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1st Year Associate
Year 2013
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Corporate Banking
Location New York
Experience
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Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Allied Irish Banks Examples

Summer Analyst Interview - Commercial Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Dublin
Interviewed: May 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Standard numeracy test followed by one on one interview. Interview was ok I thought but I did not receive an offer.
Interview Questions
With the government set to deleverage its shares in the bank over the next few years what do you see as the future for the company?
What caused the current financial crisis in Ireland? Do you think the crash was inevitable or could the government have implemented a soft landing with different policies?

Leveraged Finance Associate Interview - Corporate Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: July 2013
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
Initial phone interview with Head of HR which lasted for 45+ minutes - pretty thorough in comparison to usual HR conversations.
Second round was with two SVP's who were extremely nice. Both just wanted to get a sense of my personality and my motivations for joining their team, the firm, and long term goals.
Third round interview was a case study and a subsequent discussion for 45 minutes with 2 VP's. The case study consisted of a company, its background, FS extract, a credit paper, some pro forma ratios and the interviewee had to come to the conclusion of a yes/no to invest in the company's capital structure. The hardest part of the case study was time constraints and the volume of material - probably 25 pages of text. Then, communicating your thought process in a structured, succinct manner. I wasnt happy with my communication of my conclusion but I came to the correct conclusion so not all was lost.
Final interview was with the Head of the NY Region. Basically, we had a chat over coffee about my motivations for joining the firm and general chitchat outside of work. He was a very cool, down-to-earth man - seemed like a guy to have beer with. Overall, a very positive experience and nice firm.
Interview Questions
After coming to my own conclusion on the case study and communicating it to the interviewers, the interviewers took me through certain pages of the case study, with a specific focus on the details of the corporate loan. They asked me to comment on the yield of the loan and the covenants. I wasnt really sure how to answer this.
I waffled this question a little bit. The yield of the loan was Libor +500 bps. I started talking about the current interest rate environment, the advantages of a floating rate in said environment, etc.
I commented on the strict covenants of the lender, but I failed to comment that this was a good thing from the lenders point of view.