Prime Brokerage - Industrial Placement
Overall experience
Difficulty
General Interview Information
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Interview Details
What did the interview consist of?
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
IQ / Intelligence Test
Please describe the interview / hiring process.
-Telephone Interview -
Competency-based ; CV back-up ; Briefly describe one recent financial story that grabbed your attention
-Assessment Center -
3 x 1:1 interviews : 1. TECHNICAL - what drives the market, knowledge about options, MS's strategy 2&3. MOTIVATIONAL/INNOVATION - why MS, why PB, describe a situation when you proved leadership skills/problem-solving skills, explain CV experience, etc
INDIV PRESENTATION: some summary on the global market indices of the previous month, together with some relevant political events...had to summarize it in 10 minutes (with the advice of not focusing only on the article and add thoughts/knowledge of my own) and then advice the interviewer on what investment decisions he should take as a consequence.
GROUP EXERCISE (4 members): think of 3 business ideas each and decide upon 3 with your colleagues in about 30 minutes, then present it to the interviewers in max 2 mins - so 30s each; They'll ask you questions at the end, so if they are criticizing parts of your business idea and suggest different solutions, do not jump to contradict and show your openness to constructive criticism :)
NUMERICAL TEST: 20 q's, same difficulty as online tests, one disadvantage: they won't tell you how much time left, so bring a watch :)
Competency-based ; CV back-up ; Briefly describe one recent financial story that grabbed your attention
-Assessment Center -
3 x 1:1 interviews : 1. TECHNICAL - what drives the market, knowledge about options, MS's strategy 2&3. MOTIVATIONAL/INNOVATION - why MS, why PB, describe a situation when you proved leadership skills/problem-solving skills, explain CV experience, etc
INDIV PRESENTATION: some summary on the global market indices of the previous month, together with some relevant political events...had to summarize it in 10 minutes (with the advice of not focusing only on the article and add thoughts/knowledge of my own) and then advice the interviewer on what investment decisions he should take as a consequence.
GROUP EXERCISE (4 members): think of 3 business ideas each and decide upon 3 with your colleagues in about 30 minutes, then present it to the interviewers in max 2 mins - so 30s each; They'll ask you questions at the end, so if they are criticizing parts of your business idea and suggest different solutions, do not jump to contradict and show your openness to constructive criticism :)
NUMERICAL TEST: 20 q's, same difficulty as online tests, one disadvantage: they won't tell you how much time left, so bring a watch :)
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