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Behavioral Questions:

1. Why vanguard / How did you hear about us:

2. Walk me through your resume

3. What is investment management / Why?

4. Why [your school] and why [your major]

5. Why the program and why do you think you’re a good fit for the program?

6. Where do you see yourself in 5 years / What do you want to do after you graduate

7. Tell me about a time when your leadership helped the team:

8. Tell me about a time when your performance was questioned:

9. Think of a situation when you were lagging behind the group and how did to made up for that

10. Tell me a time when you changed something in the middle of things

11. Tell me a time where you made a mistake

12. Tell me about a time when you lacked information but still proceeded to do it / Give us an

example of a difficult situation you have been put into?

13. Tell me about a time when you had to work with someone who was unmotivated

14. Tell me about a leadership experience you had when you had to deal with a negative

situation.

15. Name a time when you didn't agree with your boss. How did you handle it

16. Name a time when you were a bad team member?

17. Tell me about a time you were a leader to failure

18. Tell me about a time you convinced someone to see things from your perspective.

19. Tell me about a time you tried to teach someone something, but they couldn't get it

Technicals:

1. What is Quantitative Easing?

2. Growth vs. Value Stocks

3. Top-Down vs. Bottom-up Research

4. ETF vs. Mutual Fund:

5. What are Interest Rates in the United States

6. Trade War

7. What is happening in the world as well / US current news. Markets around the world?

8. Passive vs. Active Investing

9. Expense Fee:

10. Stock I am looking at:

Not all of these will be asked but most of them will, lemme know if you need help preparing for the superb day

 

How weird they ask those types of technical questions when 0 fundamental research is done for their programs nisi sleepy IG Bonds. I guess having a name brand firm brings a lot of applicants

 
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