Structured Products: how to prep for interview - What can they ask?

Hi!
I have an interview for an intership at Structured Products department of Deutsche.
I was looking for some guides like vault's guide to ib, but couldn't find anything useful.

So what would you recommend to prepare for this interview? What can they ask?

Technical questions, market understanding, information about their assets...What is the most important thing there?

Heelp!

 

Yeah, IB interviewing guides probably won't be very helpful - structured products are a whole different animal. Unfortunately, "structured products" can mean a lot of things, and a bank the size of deutsche will have several groups dealing with products that could fit in that category. Do you have any idea what asset classes they cover/do you know of any transactions they've done? would be a lot easier to help you with that info.

I think the most important thing is to give a compelling explanation about why you want to do structured products - that will put you ahead of 90% of the idiots they interview.

 
damenic:
I know that this is X-markets division of DB. Among asset classes equity, fixed income, commodities. They work with Equity Derivatives, Structured Products, Certificates, Warrants, Knock Outs.

If I'm not mistaken, db-X markets structures retail product. I think you're looking at ETNs and various non-exchange-traded structured notes. I.e., those "principal protected 100% upside participation notes" that nobody ever should buy.

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Sandhurst:
damenic:
I know that this is X-markets division of DB. Among asset classes equity, fixed income, commodities. They work with Equity Derivatives, Structured Products, Certificates, Warrants, Knock Outs.

If I'm not mistaken, db-X markets structures retail product. I think you're looking at ETNs and various non-exchange-traded structured notes. I.e., those "principal protected 100% upside participation notes" that nobody ever should buy.

In which department do they structure products for institutional clients? So that you don't need to explain how option works to a retail client. This db-x markets platform is entirely retail...

 

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