Global Private Bank Asia Group Analyst

3 separate interviews with 3 MDs all down within 1 week - got the interviews through an Executive Director referral.
Mostly behaviorol except for 1 markets question. Since this was for the Asia Group, 2 of the interviews were conducted partially in Mandarin to test fluency.
In the job description and explicitly stated again in the interviews, they absolutely will not sponsor visas but they essentially wanted a Chinese native for the job. One of the interviewers specifically said they're looking for someone who can read/write/speak Mandarin at a native level AND the candidate should also be deeply aware of Chinese political and entertainment news so they can speak to clients.

The weirdest interview I've done, seemed to me they wanted to pay $110k for a glorified customer service rep who will answer the phone to private bank clients who only reside in China and spoke 0 English. An example the MD gave was: "If one of our clients call and says they saw on the news the US President will freeze all Chinese nationals' assets in the US we have to explain and tell them that's fake news". Also seemed like they were just too cheap to sponsor someone but wanted a unicorn candidate that operates at a Chinese native level of language and cultural fluency.