some interview notes

Some interview notes I took from my past summer recruitment process: Sales mentality (care about your customer; call their name; resonate with them about their experience); carefully think about where you fit in within the organization; maybe more structured / concise about your experience examples; quick with math; don’t be mono tone; some insightful comments about jobs you have done, news, markets, their companies; be mature; do not think about the result just try to answer each questions perfectly; ask the interviewers questions interactive (not afraid and be brave); Barclays SA First Round S&T 27, July Lots of competency based questions asking to list examples Credit Suisse First Round SA Equities 30, July Interviewer 1 Director of Sales Gavan Carroll Australian Equities Sales Be confident (I was not confident); pronounced their name wrong as Barclays; what is your point of views about SWF investment strategies (not specific); what is your point of view about Australian equities market; what do you want to do (not like a sales person and maybe research); resonate with him about RBS London; call his name; Interviewer 2 Research XXXXX Familiar with Australian equities market; how to analyse equities; show you as a balanced person (outside interests); Citi First Round SA Markets 30, July Deutsche Bank Singapore/Hong Kong SA 31, July Merrill Lynch 31, July Goldman Sachs 31, July JP Morgan 31, July What is your rationale to do launch your career here, know their job, company, probing questions (what else do you have other than on your web site?),

Deutsche Bank Second Round 1, August Barclays Second Round 2, August Presentation should be more structured; centred around customers’ needs Interviews should be interactive; do not be mono tone; call their names; ask them questions; examples should be to the point, concise, and structured JP Morgan Second Round 7, August Preparation: group exercise techniques; presentation structure (consulting structure, centred on customers’ needs; interactive with the clients); competency interview examples and where you fit in within the group; know their companies; know what they do; review recent news; prepare some questions to ask;