RBC 1st round phone interview

What kind of q's should I expect in a phone interview? Does RBC tend to do more technical phone interviews or just ask behavioral questions as part of the initial screen? Thanks.

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I know they are pretty active in the sf office. did a couple decent sized tech deals recently.

they are trying to be in the BB realm but it's going to be REALLY hard considering they really don't attract big shots ( unless they pull a jef move and poahed the healthcare team from UBS...)

 

Mdk, Is it a general analyst position or specific group? First year? That'll have some influence on the types of questions.

 

This is for a 1st year analyst position. No group was mentioned so I'm assuming first year analysts enter as generalists.

@boutiquebank4life: There aren't many MM banks in the US with a foreign arm large enough that can finance hiring sprees. And there are many MM banks in the US that have been in business in decades yet stick to the same line of middle market business.

 

I got this question on the phone, I was not asked to join them for superday.

A stock is trading at 10x earnings, with 2% dividend yield; P/E goes up to 12x and earnings go up 10%, what was your return?

fdba Emory Blaine and BBA or otherwise trying to find the perfect pseudonym.
 

BBA Answer is 5.2 bro ( assuming the dy on the former price). If it was over the phone, you should've just had your chinese friend do the math for you.

 
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This is how you work it out:

First, choose a stock price, say 100

So P=100, therefore E=10

E goes up by 10% so E=11,

B/C P/E goes up to 12x, P=11*12=132

Plus the dividend (132*.02)=2.64

Gross=134.64

Return 134.64/100-1=.3464

Also, you could say you got the dividend at 100 instead of 132, so it works out to 36% even

fdba Emory Blaine and BBA or otherwise trying to find the perfect pseudonym.
 

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