CLSA Interview Questions

8 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (76%)

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
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (94%)

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.

3.5
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (18%)

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 CLSA

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Year 2020
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Central
Experience
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Difficulty
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1st Year Analyst
Year 2021
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
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Intern
Year 2019
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Equity Research
Location
Experience
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Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2020
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Admiralty
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2017
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location Singapore
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2020
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Manila
Experience
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Year 2019
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location Singapore
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2017
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Equity Research
Location Singapore
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Very Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - CLSA Examples

Summer Intern Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in Central
Interviewed: April 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
1 hour for 3 interviewers. Positions D, MD and MD. Cover technical, behaviour and resume-based questions
Interview Questions
Technical questions were quite difficult

Investment Banking Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in
Interviewed: June 2021
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Group Interview
Interview
3 rounds of Interviews. One with Origination, Syndicator directors. It ends with the CEO. The interview process is mostly fit since transactions are mostly ECM.
Interview Questions
What are the deals you have completed?

Equity Research Intern Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous interview candidate in
Interviewed: January 2019
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Round 1: Interview with 2 analyst ( senior and junior)
Round 2: Case Study Presentation (1 Hour)
Round 3: Interview with the remaining team
Interview Questions
Toughest was the case study which was a foreign company to me.
Need to prepare a stock pitch too.

Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in Admiralty
Interviewed: April 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
3-4 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
Average interview difficulty, had 2 rounds of interviews (both virtual due to COVID). Had time to actually have a conversation with the interviewers which was nice. The entire process took a while.
Interview Questions
All fairly standard

Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in
Interviewed: August 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Background Check
Interview
One on one interview with one of the analysts, covered a range of topics such as my view on the markets, some personality and fit questions (such as why I want to join this industry etc), as well as technicals.

Subsequently, there was a group interview with the entire team where you will be required to present your findings on a case study.
Interview Questions
The case study can be rather difficult because it is rather subjective. For example, if you state that your view is that a consolidation is good for the company, then you will be further questioned as to why this is good for the company,

The next most difficult questions would likely be on the technical side, but this is far easier than the case study. Technical questions are rather standard, such as depreciation effect on 3 statement, how would you value a company - is this metric better/ more appropriate than another metric.

Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Manila
Interviewed: January 2020
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Interviewed for an Asia-based MM. The process took around a month since first being contacted by a headhunter.
Interview Questions
The questions seemed pretty standard and nothing felt too hard. There were the behaviorals which were very standard (why do you want IB, do you have experience in finance, how do you work in a team, etc). I also had some technical questions like run me through the valuation of a company, talk to me about X industry. I also took a financial modelling test where I had to evaluate two investment options for a hypothetical company, which wasn't too difficult. It felt like an undergrad-level finance exam.

Analyst Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in
Interviewed: April 2019
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Panel interview with 3 interviewers in both English and Mandarin medium which lasted for close to 1 hour
Interview Questions
Tell me about yourself
Why this company and this role?
What are your three biggest strengths?
Why did you not wanna work at the previous companies you interned at?
What differentiate you from the other candidates?
What do you understand about equity derivatives that motivates you to apply for this role?
How much do you know about the type of clients we serve?
How will you convince us that you are the right candidate for this role since you have never done equity structured products before?
How well can you write essays in Chinese?

Equity Research Intern Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous employee in
Interviewed: June 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Background Check
Interview
First round behavioural interview on the phone. Followed by 3 rounds of one on one interview. got invited back for a case study and the final round is 24 hour stock pitch
Interview Questions
What are your views on the political situation in singapore? what are your views on the chinese government efforts in water treatment and what would you do differently? this is part of the case study done in the third round.

for the stock pitch round, questions revolved around my assumptions on the different business segment. How would you model the revenue for a private hospital, what are the key drivers? how do you determine capacity of the facility? Should the company take on more debt and levarage?