AXA Investment Managers Interview Questions

5 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (67%)

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.

3.4
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Interview Difficulty (88%)

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.

3.2
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% Interns - FT Offers (96%)

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 AXA Investment Managers

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2nd Year Analyst
Year 2018
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division Insurance
Location San Jose
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2021
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location Paris
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2018
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Asset Management
Location Paris
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Quant
Year 2017
Job Title Quant
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location Hong Kong
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2015
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Asset Management
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - AXA Investment Managers Examples

associate Interview - Insurance

Anonymous interview candidate in San Jose
Interviewed: March 2018
Date Submitted: Feb 17, 2022
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
Personality Test
Other
Interview
technical coding challenge, technical interview, not too difficult though. check ML cheatsheet before the interview.
Interview Questions
difference between bagging and boosting
Sample Answer

Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Paris
Interviewed: January 2021
Date Submitted: Jan 24, 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Phone interview: tell me about yourself
Why this position
technical questions on skills (consistent with cv)
How they fit in the job role (be aware of the tasks)
Did you apply to any other position?
Interview Questions
Why this function? (Know exactly what this division does and why you want it)
Sample Answer

Assistant Portfolio Manager Interview - Asset Management

Anonymous interview candidate in Paris
Interviewed: June 2018
Date Submitted: Feb 03, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
it's a 2 round interview, first round 1-1 with PM, second round 2-1 also with PMs, on the fixed income team of AXA IM
Interview Questions
Questions are basically all technical, about Fixed income, mostly about the relationship between bond price and interest rate:
1. Duration, concrete questions to test if you know to calculate price change from yield change.
2. Yield Curve, how to derive yield curve with concrete examples
3. Interest rate Swap, the valuation of the Swap, concrete calculation for arrears.
4. Went through the very detail of your CV, models I have done, the model detail, a bit math
5. If you have any questions to ask.
Sample Answer

Quant Research Interview - Quantitative Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Hong Kong
Interviewed: January 2017
Date Submitted: Nov 11, 2018
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Staffing Agency
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Interview
Question related to OLS, machine learning, and convex optimisation. Also questions related to my experience.
Interview Questions
Derive the solution of OLS regression then Ridge, then Lasso
Sample Answer

Intern Interview - Asset Management

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: July 2015
Date Submitted: Oct 20, 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Phone interview with analysts followed by a final round with senior employees. Also includes a HR interview
Interview Questions
Option pricing. Very market based/Macro based interview that requires prior preparation. Also asked if given £100m, where would you invest (both in terms of asset class and geographically). Very few fit questions.
Sample Answer