BBVA Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (67%)

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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 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.

3.2
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Interview Difficulty (76%)

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.

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% Interns - FT Offers (60%)

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 BBVA

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Job Title 1st Year Analyst
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Location birmingham
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Difficulty
Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - BBVA Examples

Analyst Interview - Commercial Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: March 2022
Date Submitted: Mar 31, 2023
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
Presentation
Background Check
Interview
Initial phone interview with the recruiter followed by several zoom calls and a final presentation case study with the entire team. There were long waits between stages
Interview Questions
How would you value this credit? How do their needs fit within the BBVA capabilities/strategy?
Sample Answer

Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: August 2019
Date Submitted: Oct 06, 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
Applied through the website. The first round consisted on a phone interview, mainly fit questions. The second round, I met in-person with the team and went through all the technicals you can find in this site. Last round was with a partner and mainly to check the culture and personality. Overall, the process was positive and learnt a lot. No brainteasers, mostly IB old-school type questions. I would recommend though that they prepare better questions, cuz asking the same thing year after year make nerds look smart.. So it's a matter of what you really want to test and how, not that you are going to ask the same things that were asked to you.
Interview Questions
- What is your beta?
- Tell me your biggest failure
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Rotational Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: July 2018
Date Submitted: Jul 17, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Spoke with a recruiter over the phone then set up interview with MD for around 1 hour about a week later.
Interview Questions
No technical questions asked, more fit based. Was asked to talk about my resume and experiences and what I was expecting from the role. Was also. Gauged on my interest for the role and interest for the bank as a wole. Would honestly describe the interview as a free flowing conversation rather than getting peppered with questions. I cant speak for all rotational interviews but it definitely seemed fit based. Also was asked about computer skills such as excel bloomberg vba and macros. Overall lretty relaxed.
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IB Summer Intern Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Madrid
Interviewed: September 2015
Date Submitted: Sep 10, 2016
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Interviews were exclusively 1 on 1 with at least 10 different people. During the first round interviews were made by analysts and were mostly technical. Second-round interviews were done by associates and they were even more technical. Third and final round interviews were conducted by VPs and MDs which focused deeply in your fit with the firm and IB culture.
Interview Questions
actually were those technical questions based on group tests which consisted in developing an in place business case of a valuation of a company with a group of people and delivering a pitch all of this in a range of one hour. it was difficult since the financial information provided it was quite tricky in order to give complexity to the exercise, because they were looking more for the team work and the answer delivered, than the actual amount of numbers given during the pitch. Also they were looking for people that could come out of hard situations without losing the calm and focus., actually were those technical questions based on group tests which consisted in developing an in place business case of a valuation of a company with a group of people and delivering a pitch all of this in a range of one hour. it was difficult since the financial information provided it was quite tricky in order to give complexity to the exercise, because they were looking more for the team work and the answer delivered, than the actual amount of numbers given during the pitch. Also they were looking for people that could come out of hard situations without losing the calm and focus.
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Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: May 2009
Date Submitted: Aug 06, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
First you apply online on their website. If selected to interview, you get a phone interview with a junior member of the team i.e. analyst or associate. Mostly fit and some technical questions as well. If you make it to the second round, then you interview in the NY office with 3-4 MDs head of groups which are mostly fit questions, but sometimes they will throw one or two technical questions depending the MDs you are interviewing with. Once they have agreed to hire you, the offer letter should be out to you within a week. If you accept the offer, then you have to go through a background check and drug test. No relocation bonus or signing bonus.
Interview Questions
Why do you want to work for BBVA, specifically this group? do your research / due diligence before going into the interview. They really want to know that you want to work in that specific group. It's okay to be general about BBVA, but make sure to ask great questions about the group if you are not sure/clear.
How many soccer balls are sold in Spain on any given year? - this one threw me off. Best way to tackle a question like this is by making assumptions. They just want to know your thought process. i.e. assuming there are x amount of ppl in Spain, and assuming there are y amount of kids age x-z who are the primary target for soccer balls in spain, then we can assume that X balls times Y amount of kids = amount of soccer balls sold in Spain.
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analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in birmingham
Interviewed: 2013
Date Submitted: May 19, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
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Interview Questions
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