Schroders Interview Questions

16 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (98%)

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.

4.2
  • 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 (41%)

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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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
3rd+ Year Associate
Year 2018
Job Title 3rd+ Year Associate
Group/Division Equity Capital Markets
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2016
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Technology
Location London
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Year 2014
Job Title
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2016
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Accounting
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Schroders Examples

Software Engineer Interview - Infrastructure

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: June 2023
Date Submitted: Jun 30, 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...
Sample Answer

Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview - Asset Management

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: February 2023
Date Submitted: Mar 07, 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?
Sample Answer

Global Technology Placement Year Student Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: February 2020
Date Submitted: Nov 01, 2021
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?
Sample Answer

Risk Intern Interview - Risk Management

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: December 2020
Date Submitted: Apr 30, 2021
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
Sample Answer

Assistant Portfolio Manger Interview - Credit

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: April 2019
Date Submitted: Feb 20, 2021
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.
Sample Answer

Risk Intern Interview - Risk

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: January 2021
Date Submitted: Jan 28, 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
Sample Answer

Associate, RFP Team Interview - Equity Capital Markets

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: June 2018
Date Submitted: Oct 22, 2020
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
First round was a quick phone interview--more to see if you had a degree of competence. The rest of the interview process was a "super day" with three people from the company: fellow associate, the manager of the team, and department head. They were mostly behavioral and some basic finance related questions. One question was, "how would you invest $500k?" I was at the beginning of their process, so they had a number of applicants after me.
Interview Questions
Definitely the one on "How would you invest $500k?"
Sample Answer

Technology Graduate Interview - Technology

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: November 2016
Date Submitted: Mar 16, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
Standard online application, video interview, 1 day assessment centre (case interview, Regular Fit interview, lunch with graduates and group case study/presentation), final round interview (30 minutes with the CTO discussing your background and motivation, as well as some current issues relating to tech)
Interview Questions
The case was mostly related to system architecture and involved weighing the pros and cons of different solutions in order to deliver a project. Factors included, time, staff, cost and efficiency. Group project involved project management of a particular project using agile methodology. We had to weigh the importance of activities and decide on which were most important and in what order to carry them out. Finally we presented and were questioned on our thoughts of our performance and some of our choices.

1 on 1 interview was fairly boiler plate questions going through my CV and motivations. Very nice interviewers and people throughout the company, they give the impression that they genuinely care about your experience, fantastic culture.
Sample Answer

Technology Graduate Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: 2014
Date Submitted: Mar 29, 2017
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I was contacted letting me know that I was to interview over the phone the next day, not a lot of time to prepare. The phone interview was just basic competency questions: Describe a time you displayed innovation etc.
Interview Questions
What is the best quality you would bring to schroders?
Technology might not be the most glamorous role, why are you applying to it?
what do you want to be when you grow up? - this one is weird as there is no right answer, and your interviewer might want one thing whilst someone else higher up would like an answer differently.
If you could pick one place in the world to work, where would it be?
If i offered you any place in the company right now what would you take? CEO? trainee? regional manager?
Sample Answer

Finance Intern Interview - Accounting

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: 2016
Date Submitted: Mar 02, 2016
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Interview
After filling the online application, I was invited for a video interview. This interview had about 5 motivation questions about why i wanted to work in the finance department and some other basic competency questions. After the couple of weeks, I was invited to an assessment center at the London office, where I had to do a face to face interview, a group exercise and a case study.
Interview Questions
1. Why do you want a career as an accountant, and what are the qualities that will make you successful

2. Describe a scenario where you have solved a complex problem working collaboratively

3. Please tell us a particular time when you have provided leadership in a group situation

4. Describe a time when you have had to go that "extra mile" to achieve something challenging

5. Describe a difficult decision you have had to make. How did you come to that decision and what was the outcome.
Sample Answer