Investec Interview Questions

4 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (78%)

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.

3.5
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (54%)

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.

2.5
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (65%)

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 Investec

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Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2017
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Structured Products FSR
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2013
Job Title Intern
Group/Division N/A
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy
1st Year Analyst
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division PPP-Social infrastructure
Location London
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - Investec Examples

Intern - Equities and Fixed Income Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: June 2014
Date Submitted: Jun 06, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
They don't run an explicit internship scheme so I got in touch with an employee over LinkedIn, just to meet up and talk about the industry/get advice etc. At the end he asked for my CV and moved it up. Very casual process and very fit-oriented.
Interview Questions
The interview was light on technicals, so the most difficult/unexpected questions were personal. Why did I want to work there and be the only intern - wouldn't it be more useful to join a scheme? Am I comfortable with the fact that I might not get an offer at the end? I was interviewing for a very ad-hoc role that would go across equities and fixed income so they also asked me if I had to choose one, which would I prefer and why. Another difficult element was that I came in on several occasions to meet with several different people and be asked the same questions again and again, not knowing what to expect each time.
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Analyst Interview - Structured Products FSR

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: November 2017
Date Submitted: Mar 18, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
There was an initial phone interview with the standard behavioural questions, then a face to face consisting of several interviews over the course of the day.
Interview Questions
What is your biggest weakness and what have you dine to address this particular weakness?
How have you dealt with adversity in a team?
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Describe a decision you made that wasn't popular and how you handled implementing it?
Share an example of how you were able to motivate employees or co-workers?
Do you excel working in a team?
Have you handled a difficult situation? How?
What differentiates you from other candidates?
What do you do if you disagree with someone at work?
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Summer Intern Interview

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: April 2013
Date Submitted: Oct 13, 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Emailed HR with resume. They called me back in regards to a new summer internship programme. I had one telephone interview and was then offered role.
Interview Questions
There were questions on if I had a movie done about me, who would i have as the director, actor and what would the subject me on etc
Another was on what was my favorite book
What was the logo? Why did I believe the Zebra was characteristic of the brand?
Other questions included recent subjects and what was enjoyable about them
Why did I apply to this company
What other companies was I looking to interview at?
What did I want to do in the future?
What encouraged me to go down this pathway? Why Finance?
Best qualities?
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Junior analyst Interview - PPP-Social infrastructure

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: July 2014
Date Submitted: Oct 12, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Skills Test
Interview
I emailed Andre Neill (co-head of PPP London) expressing my desire to both work in PPP and for Investec in London. My email was very formal and I wrote it like a cover letter, I also attached my cv to the email.

Following this email he replied very politely (to my surprise) and also with a financial skills test and with instructions to send it to a junior member of his team. The outline of the test was to correctly work out the return of a potential investment. I was given an array information including the cost of the building (which was a hospital), the amount that we would take on in debt, the interest of this debt, the yield, the length of the investment etc etc.

I must have done an okay job on this task because about 10 days later I had a phone interview. The interview lasted about 45 minutes and was very interesting but I realised I was out of my depth. I had only recently looked into PPP and I don't think I showed the level of industry knowledge they were hoping for.

I subsequently didn't get another interview.
Interview Questions
It wasn't that I was asked any one question that was specifically tough. He just spoke about the industry in depth and had an understanding level that highlighted my lack of knowledge, I felt quite naive and uneducated on the topics through the whole interview.
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