GIC Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (82%)

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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 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.

3.6
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Interview Difficulty (97%)

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 (41%)

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 GIC Government of Singapore Investment Corporation

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Interview Questions & Answers - GIC Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Examples

GIC Internship Programme Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in
Interviewed: August 2022
Date Submitted: Oct 11, 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Group Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
Initial application is done online through the company's website. You are required to submit your resume, followed by a test that is structured like an intelligence test. There is a Hirevue where you are asked about 5 behavioral questions, the typical ones. Heard back from HR to participate in a group interview conducted on Zoom. Had to work together in groups to complete assigned tasks and present to HR. HR was friendly and the interview was overall a pleasing experience.
Interview Questions
Which asset would you invest in if you were given 100 million dollars
Sample Answer

GIC GPP Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in
Interviewed: August 2019
Date Submitted: Sep 30, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Group Interview
Presentation
Personality Test
Interview
Online assessment of 50 questions in 12 minutes
Personality test
Assessment centre: you would have to pass the morning session to proceed to the afternoon session
1-to-1 interview
Interview Questions
Individual HR interview:
What asset class are you interested in and why?
Why did you do in your previous internship? What was the result?
What will you invest in the current market condition? Why?
Gave a quote printed on a paper and gave 30mins to think + 1min to express your thoughts on it.

Case presentation: 1hour preparation and 30mins presentation
How does the composition of China's domestic income tell you about the performance of your stock?
What are the main drivers for this company?
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Intern Interview - Private Equity

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2018
Date Submitted: Jul 16, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
Personality Test
Interview
You have to answer a bunch of questions online that try to gauge your problem solving acumen as well as your mathematical prowess. Additionally, the online interview was about 5 questions.
Interview Questions
There weren't any difficult or unexpected interview questions. However, the questions would appear in a very short period of time and the questions were fairly wordy. The hardest part was developing an answer to the question before your time to prepare was over. They gave maybe 30 seconds of prep and the majority of that time was spent reading their long questions. Unlike other firms, the way you want to approach the question changes drastically as you read the end of the question, to be honest, it was a horrible experience.
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Graduate Professional Program Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2012
Date Submitted: Nov 05, 2017
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
Stressful behavioral tests that will keep you constantly thinking after the interview whether you answered correctly or not.
Interview Questions
Describe to me a situtation in which you wanted to make a move but resulted in not doing so.
Describe a situation or project in which you had to work with a team that did not cooperate well with you.
Take a minute to read this quote and tell me what you think about it and how it relates to you.
What are your experiences working with a team.
What would your former employer say about you
What are your strengths and how do you think you would add value to our company and position you are applying for.
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intern Interview

Anonymous employee in
Interviewed: October 2017
Date Submitted: Oct 13, 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
3-4 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Two rounds of interview. First round from HR Department, all fit questions plus resume based questions. Second round by several investment professionals, questioned on Fixed income market, global macro etc.
Interview Questions
Any similarities in real estate market and bond market?

Tell me about yourself.

What are your career goals five years from now?
Why do you want to work for our firm? OR Why should I hire you? Tell me about a project in which you exercised a leadership role? What were the group dynamics? What were the successes, failures, key learnings? OR Give me a specific example of how you demonstrated initiative. What caused you to initiate this action? What were the results?
What has been your greatest success? What has been your greatest failure?
What other opportunities are you looking at?
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GIC GPP Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous employee in
Interviewed: September 2017
Date Submitted: Sep 19, 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
Firstly logic test and personality test. After you passed, an HR will contact you with a skype interview.
Interview Questions
There was no specific interview questions asked that were unexpected. Well, it is better to be prepared for a lot of situational questions, like "how do you deal with difficulties?" "How do you cooperate with your colleagues" " Most difficult situation when working in a team", etc.
Practice for these questions are important, and I do think those HRs prefer answers within 2-3mins.
They eventually may ask you about location preference, and actually it is quite localized and you would generally be based in your home country.
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GIC Summer Internship (Real Estate) Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2017
Date Submitted: Feb 27, 2017
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
First, were 2 online IQ, fit type tests. Then got a skype interview with HR. It was the global head of HR in SG, but I'm pretty sure that she interviews everyone. The next round was another skype interview with HR and a big guy in their RE group.
Interview Questions
the first interview with hr was all fit questions. nothing different. all pretty standard. Then for the final round interview with the real estate guy, it was only an hour long. the interview first started off with a quote that was something like "successful people must be surrounded by other successful people". I was then asked a really unique question as the only technical. It was "if you are a chicken farmer, and you have 10,000 eggs, how do you maximize your returns on the 10,000 eggs? unique question
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GPP Interview - Treasury

Anonymous interview candidate in
Interviewed: September 2015
Date Submitted: Nov 15, 2015
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
WebEx Interview to start off, asking about personality and softskills Questions include, WHy GIC?, ETC?. This was followed by an hour hour long conversation on personality, soft skills, and so on.

Next stage would be GPP assessment day, with group interviews, cases, and what not.
Interview Questions
Look back on your past, how would you change it?

This was the only question, i had to think for quite a while before i answered it. That was too tough.
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GPP Interview - Asset Management

Anonymous interview candidate in
Interviewed: 2015
Date Submitted: Oct 28, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
Submitted an application online without knowing anyone at the company. A month later was contacted by HR. Had to complete an online assessment - for those of you who don't know, they're like an SAT on steroids. Did a Skype interview with HR where only fit questions were asked, plus one investment question (where would you invest) - but it's HR so shouldn't have to be too in-depth. Then did an online personality assessment. Finally went to the Superday.

The Superday is intense. The morning part consists of a group case and presentations. Then there's a lunch. And then you find out if you're moving on to the afternoon part. If you are, you'll speak with senior investment people from the groups that you indicated interest in; questions are mix of fit and investment-oriented. Then they let you know if you make it to the final part, which is an interview with MDs.
Interview Questions
What was a leadership role that you took on/assumed because no one else did? Why real estate? What was the last book you read? Where would you work - choose a company, location, and role.
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GIC Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in
Interviewed: October 2015
Date Submitted: Oct 28, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Online submission-skype-AC
Skype interview is conducted by HRs. They don't really know about the business. and will only ask competency-based questions.
Interview Questions
What would your supervisor say about you? Anything good? Anything bad? (Variation of strengths and weaknesses) 2. Why GIC? 3. Tell us a situation when everyone was not willing to take a task, but you were willing to take it.
Sample Answer