Sales and Trading Summer Analyst (RBC Pathways Scholarship Program)

Status
Group/Division/Type
Rotational
City
New York
Interviewed
July 2021
Overall experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy

General Interview Information

Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months

Interview Details

What did the interview consist of?
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Please describe the interview / hiring process.
The application was very simple and straight forward, and the phone interview was just the same. For the Super Day, I wasn't asked any technical questions or anything difficult to answer, here's what I got:

[interviewer 1]

- Tell me a little about yourself

- How was your experience with [work experience on resume]?

- Something about living in [state]

- Where do you want to work in finance?

- How was your experience at your internship?

- 1 or 2 things that separate you from others in the pool of interviewees

- How do you feel about Java?

- How familiar are you with the pathways program?

- What other summer opportunities are you exploring?

- What is [hobby on resume]?

- Anything you want to highlight for leadership?

- Are you returning back to campus?

- Are they requiring students to get vaccinated

[interviewer 2]

- So do you live in New York are you from New York?

- Tell me about [club on resume]

- Tell me about [Certification on resume]

- What is [hobby on resume]?

- Do you have a sense for a particular part of the investment bank?

[interviewer 3]

- Is [college] in person or online right now?

- Tell me where you see yourself in markets and what you like about these clubs

- One possible area that could fit you is as a research analyst what do you think?

- What part of the financial process do you want to be part of? (IB vs ER vs ST)

- What was the worst trade you ever made

- What are lessons you’ve learned in trading?

- What is not on your resume that we should know about you?
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