Summer Analyst
Status
Intern at
Group/Division/Type
Investment Banking
City
Seoul
Interviewed
January 2012
Overall experience
Difficulty
General Interview Information
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Interview Details
What did the interview consist of?
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Please describe the interview / hiring process.
Applied online, got an email from HR (originally chose SF, NYC as top two choices). It started with a phone interview with 2 associates from the Seoul office, then a super day in NYC.
Although it doesn't mention that you need to know Korean you have to be fluent in Korean because the second (or first) conversation is done all in Korean. Also the interview ends up being at 3 or 5am (Pacific time). However you don't need any APAC language skills for Hong Kong, you get major points for knowing an Asian language and I ended up getting Hong Kong instead of Korea.
I also thought it was very interesting that the two Associates (even though they had Korean names and seemed to be of Korean national) both spoke near perfect English.
Although it doesn't mention that you need to know Korean you have to be fluent in Korean because the second (or first) conversation is done all in Korean. Also the interview ends up being at 3 or 5am (Pacific time). However you don't need any APAC language skills for Hong Kong, you get major points for knowing an Asian language and I ended up getting Hong Kong instead of Korea.
I also thought it was very interesting that the two Associates (even though they had Korean names and seemed to be of Korean national) both spoke near perfect English.
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