Senior analyst
Status
3rd+ Year Analyst at
Group/Division/Type
Mergers and Acquisitions
City
London
Interviewed
September 2019
Overall experience
Difficulty
General Interview Information
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
2-3 months
Interview Details
What did the interview consist of?
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Please describe the interview / hiring process.
I applied in june 2019 and HR called my in september to pass 1st round of interview for analyst position at the Paris office of Societe generale CIB. I am a french speaker
1st round consists of:
- numerical and verbal tests in english
- 1st interview with a VP
question: how do you value a Bank?
* Why a DDM instead of a DCF
* Can you explain me DDM
* let's focus on CET1 ratio, how do you calculate it ?
*Can you explain me RWA
*which of these 3 collateral have the higher RWA: share in vietnamese company, mortgage, Coca-Cola share
*Explain me bank financial statement
* Explain me insurance financial statement
- 2nd interview with another VP
How do you value a insurance company ?
why regulation is so important in FIG ?
walk me through a DCF
walk me through a DDm
Difference between DCF and DDm?
why do you use cost of equity and not WACC ?
Which ratios do you use for FIG ?
impact of 100 drop in D&A on 3 financial statements ?
HR call me 2 weeks after for a 2nd bunch of interviews
2 directors with essentially fits and FIG knowledges questions
- What happened in Natixis in 2018 ?
1st round consists of:
- numerical and verbal tests in english
- 1st interview with a VP
question: how do you value a Bank?
* Why a DDM instead of a DCF
* Can you explain me DDM
* let's focus on CET1 ratio, how do you calculate it ?
*Can you explain me RWA
*which of these 3 collateral have the higher RWA: share in vietnamese company, mortgage, Coca-Cola share
*Explain me bank financial statement
* Explain me insurance financial statement
- 2nd interview with another VP
How do you value a insurance company ?
why regulation is so important in FIG ?
walk me through a DCF
walk me through a DDm
Difference between DCF and DDm?
why do you use cost of equity and not WACC ?
Which ratios do you use for FIG ?
impact of 100 drop in D&A on 3 financial statements ?
HR call me 2 weeks after for a 2nd bunch of interviews
2 directors with essentially fits and FIG knowledges questions
- What happened in Natixis in 2018 ?
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