Nordea Interview Questions

9 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (93%)

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.

3.9
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (74%)

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.

2.4
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (73%)

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 Nordea

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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
Junior Trader
Year 2022
Job Title Junior Trader
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location Stockholm
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location Stockholm
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
N/A
Year 2019
Job Title N/A
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Helsinki
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2019
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Audit
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2019
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Accounting
Location Vaasa
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2017
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Debt Capital Markets
Location Stockholm
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2015
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Helsinki
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2015
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Capital Markets
Location Stockholm
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy
Financial Advisor
Year 2013
Job Title Financial Advisor
Group/Division Nordea markets
Location Helsinki
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - Nordea Examples

S&T Graduate Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous employee in Stockholm
Interviewed: January 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
Three rounds. First mostly personal/behavioral q's - as well as some quite basic questions on derivatives pricing and hedging. Second, traded from different desk - couple of brain teasers followed by a "market making-game" where they give you new info and you have to adjust you bid/offer and trade around your position. Third one with same trader from second round + desk head, personal questions followed by macro/do you keep up with financial news-type of questions. Some coding related q's, but very high level.
Interview Questions
How many zeros are at the end of 100! (factorial)

Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Stockholm
Interviewed: October 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
I got called for an on the spot (short) phone interview with mainly HR-questions. A week or so later I got called for the next round which consisted of a case interview in which I was given a task 24h before the interview. The interview was basically a presentation with questions and discussions afterwards. The interview ended with some technical questions. A couple of days later I got the offer.
Interview Questions
They asked a lot of questions on derivatives

SA Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Helsinki
Interviewed: October 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Applied online and was two weeks later called by hr person and scheduled a 1st round interview with analysts.
Interview Questions
Why this location?

Internal Audit Division Interview - Audit

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: June 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Posting within the school career website. HR member then reached out and scheduled a quick phone interview and then a face to face interview.
Interview Questions
Nothing unexpected or difficult was asked. No technical questions. Simply walk me through your resume and then specific questions based on your experience. The interviewer then described the company's history and its standing within the United States. The interviewer was a VP and stated that they will teach me everything that needed to be done (seemingly because the work was going to be repetitive and easy grunt work.) Overall, a cookie-cutter interview process only asked about what was on the resume.

Intern Interview - Accounting

Anonymous interview candidate in Vaasa
Interviewed: February 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
Manager invited me over to the office. Questions about work experience and personality. No technical questions.
Interview Questions
Do you need lots of guidance or can manage on your own when working?

What is you biggest achievement?

Are you good in working in group?

Tell me about your work experience at the previous company

Do you have any accounting experience at the startup?


What do you know about us?

How do you deal with pressure or stressful situation?

Are you comfortable working with teams that are multi national?

Have you used or studied SAP or similar working tools?

What did you learn from your previous work experience?

Intern Interview - Debt Capital Markets

Anonymous employee in Stockholm
Interviewed: April 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
Applied to Nordea's DCM internship. Was contacted about 1,5 month later and called directly to their office for three interviews. The setup was one senior banker and one junior in each interview covering different topics in each interview, such as accounting, market outlook, and valuation / LBO-model + general fit question in all interviews. Found the interviews fairly easy and more about get a good connection with the interviewees.
Interview Questions
Walk me through a DCF

How will the stock market react if the oil price goes down or up, why does it react this way

What happens with the cash flow if Depriciation goes up, and why?

What are the aims of private equity firms and why do their model work

Walk me through your CV

Consider yourself an ant at the corner of a cube. What is the shorest way you can walk to the other side of the cube. This is ofcourse more about reasoning, but do actually have an answer.

Why Nordea, and why Debt capital Markets?

Investment Banking Analyst Intern Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in Helsinki
Interviewed: October 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Drug Test
Interview
Applied online and went through 2 rounds of interviews, all competency based with some technicals inbetween. Met with representatives from all over the IBD.
Interview Questions
I got asked a couple of brainteasers that were surprisingly challenging. They can easily be found online however so shouldn't really be a problem. I was asked how many tennis games would be needed to find a winner in a tournament with 256 players, when the matches are played 1vs1.

I was also asked the classic ball-weighting question; you have 9 balls and one is heavier. How many times do you have to weigh the balls in order to find out which one is the heavier, using a traditional 2-sided scale.

Intern Interview - Capital Markets

Anonymous employee in Stockholm
Interviewed: September 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Interview
Almost no technical questions but a few brainteasers. Mostly fit questions and why banking/Nordea. Heard back the same day!
Interview Questions
Analyze xx industry, is it profitatable? e.g do a Porter's five forces. Why do you get goodwill on the balance sheet?

future financial professional trainee program Interview - Nordea markets

Anonymous interview candidate in Helsinki
Interviewed: 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I applied through the company website and was contacted by hr afterwards. I went to the office for a brief screening interview but never heard back
Interview Questions
why do you want to work at nordea
if interest rates decline why are the clients bonds rising?