Interview questions from 2008-2009, bank by bank
Financial institutions are renowned for throwing difficult, mathematically complex or simply slightly crazy interview questions at potential graduate recruits. Below is a list of real brain-teasers faced by applicants during last year's analyst hiring process, and the answers they gave.
Whilst this list is substantive, and offers a valuable insight into how to succeed and where you could slip-up, we'd like to add examples from those attempting to secure a place this year.
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ABN Amro, Shanghai: Financial management (internship)
Barclays Capital: Finance interview, industrial placement
Barclays Capital: Investment banking/debt capital markets (graduate)
Barclays Capital: Operations (internship)
Barclays Capital: Sales and trading (internship)
Barclays Capital: Equity research (graduate)
Citigroup: Global markets - sales and trading (internship)
Citigroup: Investment banking division (internship)
Credit Suisse, Singapore: Product control (industrial placement)
Credit Suisse: Investment banking division (internship)
Deutsche Bank: Private wealth management (graduate)
Fortis Bank: Merchant banking interview (graduate)
Goldman Sachs: Investment Banking (internships)
Goldman Sachs: Investment research interview (internship)
Goldman Sachs, Hong Kong: Private wealth management (off-cycle internship)
Goldman Sachs: Operations (long-term internship)
HSBC CIB, Paris: Key accounts, front office team (long-term internship)
ICAP: Voice trading and electronic trading (graduate)
JPMorgan: Investment banking (IBD) interview (graduate)
JPMorgan: Capital markets interview (graduate, trading)
JPMorgan: Operations interview (graduate)
JPMorgan, Paris: Private wealth management (long-term internship)
KPMG: Audit (school leaver programme)
Lehman Brothers (when it still existed): Investment banking division (internship)
Macquarie Group: Oil and gas team (MBA, full time)
Merrill Lynch: Global markets (internship)
Merrill Lynch: Technology (internship)
Merrill Lynch: Private wealth management (internship)
Merrill Lynch: Private wealth management (internship)
Morgan Stanley: Investment banking division (internship)
Morgan Stanley: Investment banking division (internship)
Morgan Stanley: Investment banking division (internship)
Nomura: Equities interview (graduate)
PricewaterhouseCoopers: Assurance (internship)
Rothschild: Investment banking division (graduate)
Royal Bank of Scotland: Corporate banking interview (graduate)
Royal Bank of Scotland: Operations (internship)
Standard Chartered Bank: Transaction banking interview (graduate)
Thomson Reuters: Business graduate programme
UBS: Finance and accounting interview (graduate)
UBS: Equity research interview (graduate)
UBS: Equity research interview (internship)
UBS: Investment banking (IBD) interview (graduate)
UBS, Asia: Sales and trading (internship)
UBS: Investment banking technology (internship)
Investment banking (IBD): Sample questions from various banks
Investment banking: Summer associate positions for MBAs (various banks)
