RBC Global Asset Management Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (66%)

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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.

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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.

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% Interns - FT Offers (14%)

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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 RBC Global Asset Management

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Interview Questions & Answers - RBC Global Asset Management Examples

Summer Analyst Interview - Asset Management

Anonymous interview candidate in Vancouver
Interviewed: December 2016
Date Submitted: Aug 07, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I got referred by an employee at the firm. Was given an initial phone screen, followed by a lengthy (1-2 months) wait, before getting rejected.
Interview Questions
Nothing was too challenging. It was clear that he had nothing prepared and was strictly going off of my resume. Most difficult part was answering niche questions regarding activities that I had done years ago.

Additionally, he grilled me on why I wanted to work in credit, why credit over equity, why investing, etc.

He asked me open ended macroeconomic questions, but let me lead the conversation. He asked me how I chose what to read on the news and (mid-interview) gave me advice on how to filter through content.
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Quantitative analyst Interview - Other

Anonymous employee in Toronto
Interviewed: December 2017
Date Submitted: Jul 25, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
In-person
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I was interveiwed by two people, one is an analyst, the other is the research head of the team. They asked me several interview questions, such as how would you allocate your portfolio to S&P 500 and Russell 1000, and why. There are also behaviroural questions, such as what would you do if you made a mistake?
Interview Questions
The head asked me what would you do if you made a mistake? More specifically, if you found an error in a presentation material, what would you do first? He specifically asked for the very first action that I need to take to deal with this issue.

The second unexpected question is that an organically growing firm wants to do an acquisition, what accounting approach this company should use in order to correctly record the acquisition? The firm has never acquired other firm previously, pure organic company..
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GELP Academy Interview - Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: April 2017
Date Submitted: Jul 10, 2018
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Contacted by HR to schedule an appointment with a VP. Wasn't told which position I was interviewing for. Then interviews for 30 minutes.
Interview Questions
There were no difficult or unexpected interview questions. If you know what you put on your resume and you know what you applied for than there are no unexpected interview questions. Nothing caught me off guard. I may not have known a few questions, but that is to be expected. They are not looking for someone who knows it all. It isn't as simple as saying that it is only about the technical questions as the fit and behavior questions are just as important, if not, more important than the technical questions.
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RBC GAM Summer Intern Interview - Fixed Income

Anonymous interview candidate in Minneapolis
Interviewed: March 2016
Date Submitted: Sep 13, 2016
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Interview was very informal. Mostly character based. The guys just wanted to know if you were a good fit. There were some questions specifically asking about modeling and fixed income experience.
Interview Questions
Tell me a bit about yourself and how you would fit in at RBC?

What do you know about fixed income and capital markets?

Why are you interested in fixed income?

Have you been paying attention to the macro picture lately?

What do you think of the high volatility environment right now?

How do you see debt playing a role in moving money around the world?

Why RBC?

Why Minneapolis and not Chicago or New York or West Coast?

Do you have any modeling experience?

What questions do you have for us?
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