Schroders Interview Questions

20 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (99%)

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.

4.3
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (92%)

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.

2.9
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (54%)

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 Schroders

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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
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Intern
Year 2024
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Fixed Income
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2025
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Equity Research
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Analyst
Year 2024
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Investment Management
Location London
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2024
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Asset Management
Location London
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Developer
Year 2023
Job Title Developer
Group/Division Infrastructure
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2023
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Asset Management
Location London
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2020
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2020
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Risk Management
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Assistant Portfolio Manager
Year 2019
Job Title Assistant Portfolio Manager
Group/Division Credit
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2021
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Risk
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - Schroders Examples

Intern Interview - Fixed Income

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: December 2024
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Started with an application online followed by a skills test online and a video interview (Hirevue-style). It culminated in an interview with a senior executive virtually.
Interview Questions
It was a while back, but it was generally a lot of resume-related questions and macro that were generally follow-ups to my answers provided.

Equity Research Intern Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: January 2025
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Personality Test
Interview
Started with an online assessment, basic math and reasoning. Then an interview with one of the analysts on the team, then another analyst. No interview with the hiring manager. First interview was mostly behavioral, second round had more probing questions about financials. No case study yet. All interviews were on zoom. 1-week turnaround between final interview and offer extension.
Interview Questions
Asked to analyze whether or not Boeing is a good stock to invest in, had to come up with a 2-line thesis on the spot.

Investment Graduate Interview - Investment Management

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: October 2024
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Interview
Initial application includes a cover letter, psychometric tests and then a video interview. Assessment Centre was a group case study, individual study and then a 1o1 competency-based interview.

Really good impression of the company - the exercises were accessible for students from non-finance degree backgrounds whilst also giving the opportunity to showcase commercial awareness and analytical skills.
Interview Questions
Sometimes the interviewers would go off script to challenge individual backgrounds - for example, as I had a prior AM internship, I was asked to do a stock pitch as well as equity valuation questions. Candidates were also asked questions specific to their degree backgrounds e.g. comp sci asked about ai and GDPR.

Business Transformation Summer Internship Interview - Asset Management

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: October 2024
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
Initial online application on Schroders website, followed by psychometric tests, this is then followed by a virtual one way interview, there is then a final assessment centre.
Interview Questions
Tell me about a time when you had to make a decision with limited information

Software Engineer Interview - Infrastructure

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: June 2023
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
Straight forward. Started with a basic HR meeting to discuss my previous position and why I am on the market for a new job. Went into so minor details about my previous responsibilities. I think they just check to make sure you're a good cultural fit and weed out those who might have a lot of fluff in their resume. I just recommend to know what you have on it and smile a lot ( have a quality conversation and ask about the job ). Then it was a technical interview with two senior engineers. They asked technical questions ( I.E. what is dependency injection, Unit testing, SQL window functions, offset, Restful API, etc) they look for partial credit on this too. Avoid beating around the bush if you don't know the answer just say you don't. They aren't looking for a story but technical descriptions. Last was a meeting with a asset manager. I wasnt sure what he was probing for but i was asked questions like "who were the two individuals that interviewed the other day" "which of them do you think was a better interviewer" "what is a quality about you that sets you apart" "describe what you task item flow was at your previous position" then it kind of went into a conversation about what they want in need and whether id be a good fit for that.
Interview Questions
Describe how to use dependency injection with unit testing...

Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview - Asset Management

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: February 2023
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Interview
First there was a numerical test
An interview with a manger
AC - presentation prepared 24h before, around 4 interviews with different teams (MDs, Managers, Associates), and HR.
Took a while to get a reply between the stages, Overall not bad, however AD seemed a bit disorganised.
Interview Questions
How would you invest £10m?

Global Technology Placement Year Student Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: February 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Interview
Assessment centre involved:
- Group exercises involving planning of sprint within Agile working methodology
- Case study which involved analysing provided data and then presenting back to assessors
- 2X 1 on 1 competency interviews.
Interview Questions
Why do you want to work for Schroders vs other asset managers?

Risk Intern Interview - Risk Management

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: December 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
Online submission that consists of a video interview and assessments. Invited to the first-round interview with 3 consecutive interviews including a case study and a mix of behavioral. Final interview is 2 back-to-back that is somewhat technical
Interview Questions
Case study: reading 20-something page in 30 minutes about a loss case at a bank with 2 cases to choose from. Presentation + analysis of the case afterwards

Assistant Portfolio Manger Interview - Credit

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: April 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Group Interview
Interview
I was approached by a recruiter and made it through the initial screen. For the first round, I have two interviews, each with two members of the investment team & hiring manager. I was selected for the final round which included a broader group (credit analysts, traders, HR, etc).
Interview Questions
There was nothing unexpected. They asked a lot about my past experience and how I would apply it to this specific role.

Risk Intern Interview - Risk

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: January 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Other
Interview
Applied online and received online assessment. Online interview followed by 2 rounds of 1-1 interviews.
Interview Questions
Case study - reading about a failure to hedge risk and analyze
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