Nordea Interview Questions

12 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (95%)

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.

4
  • 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.

2.5
  • 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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Experience
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Intern
Year 2025
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Stockholm
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2022
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Copenhagen
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
2nd Year Analyst
Year 2022
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location Copenhagen
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
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

Interview Questions & Answers - Nordea Examples

Intern M&A Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous employee in Stockholm
Interviewed: October 2025
Date Submitted: Jun 10, 2026
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I found the listing on Nordea's careers page, though a friend had tipped me off a few weeks earlier so I had everything ready to go on day one. The process started with the standard online application, CV, cover letter, a few motivational questions followed by numerical and verbal reasoning tests that were harder than I'd anticipated. A few weeks later came an HR screening on Teams, competency questions mostly, then a technical interview with an associate and a VP where they walked me through valuation methodology and threw in a hypothetical Nordic industrial company to see how I reasoned on my feet.
The final stage was an in-person assessment center in Stockholm. A case study, a group exercise, and a one-on-one with the head of M&A who was more interested in how I thought than what I knew. He asked me what I thought Nordea's biggest competitive weakness was versus the bulge brackets. I gave an honest answer. He didn't tell me if I was right.
The offer came four days later. The office was quieter than I expected, the people were sharp and a little dry, and a VP told me on the way out that in a team this small, attitude gets noticed before output does. That stuck with me more than anything else from the whole process.
Interview Questions
Walk me through a DCF
What metrics would you valuate a bank with
Sample Answer

Investment Banking Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Copenhagen
Interviewed: November 2022
Date Submitted: Dec 11, 2024
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Interview
Investment Banking Analyst for the Debt Solutions and Loans Team.
Had three interviews:
-First one was a informal interview with the MD and an Associate. Discussed my background, motivation, etc.
-Second one was a phone call with an associate to dive deeper into my background.
-Third one was a technical case, where I had 30 minutes of preparation, followed by a presentation of 20 minutes approximately.

The people in the team are very nice and fair.
Interview Questions
No difficult questions were asked. It was pretty basic stuff on accounting, valuation, capital structure, etc.
Sample Answer

Markets Graduate Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous employee in Copenhagen
Interviewed: November 2022
Date Submitted: Oct 30, 2024
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
First round telephone interview, feedback ~2 weeks later followed by in-person interview at the Copenhagen headquarters
Interview Questions
What is the current interest rate differential between Fed and BoJ? Where does this imply that 1y USD/JPY forward should be trading?
Sample Answer

S&T Graduate Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous employee in Stockholm
Interviewed: January 2022
Date Submitted: Feb 11, 2024
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)
Sample Answer

Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Stockholm
Interviewed: October 2022
Date Submitted: Mar 27, 2023
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
Sample Answer

SA Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Helsinki
Interviewed: October 2019
Date Submitted: Oct 14, 2022
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?
Sample Answer

Internal Audit Division Interview - Audit

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: June 2019
Date Submitted: Oct 03, 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.
Sample Answer

Intern Interview - Accounting

Anonymous interview candidate in Vaasa
Interviewed: February 2019
Date Submitted: Aug 31, 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?
Sample Answer

Intern Interview - Debt Capital Markets

Anonymous employee in Stockholm
Interviewed: April 2017
Date Submitted: Oct 04, 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?
Sample Answer

Investment Banking Analyst Intern Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in Helsinki
Interviewed: October 2015
Date Submitted: Oct 25, 2016
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.
Sample Answer
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