Guide to Any Investment Banking Interview – Preliminary Preparation
Let me tell you that 7 days is more than enough time to prepare. For some respondents the most experienced, it may not be necessary to have completed all the steps, but if this is the first time you (to go no matter if you have other interviews before) for an interview with an investment bank, I recommend you go step by step by step in detail.
If you work efficiently, you will prepare only one or two hours a day … but add that together and that means that in a week, you have 10-14 hours of effective preparation and you will be fully prepared for your maintenance investment bank!
DAY 1 – Confirm INTERVIEW + Search enterprise
A. Confirm the date / time / place
Nowadays, most likely you were invited by phone or e-mail interview. The first thing is to ensure that all details and you can set the date / time to make. Check your newspaper. If you can not do it, let the office know that you can not do it as quickly as possible and return with a number of other days / times, you can do.
TIP: Be very apologetic, if you can not do, the proposed date / time. Banks run all day long interview rounds and it takes time and effort on your part to ensure that all available (needless to say, the bankers tend to be very busy!). It may also be a chance that the organization can not see, and you can wait for the next round in a few weeks or be excluded entirely from the recruiting process. So if you say you can not make sure that you really can not do.
B. get as much information about the interview
Find out what format will be held the interview. It will be a 1-1 with someone from HR or an interview panel will be with people from the company, etc.? It is a quantitative test / psychometric be?
All this information can be found through the HR department, or if the call is being organized directly by the company, the secretary of the interviewer. It’s okay to ask these questions, do not be intimidated.
In the best cases, you end up with an additional quantity of information to help you set at the planning that you gain an advantage over other candidates (most people do not ask!) Will. In the worst case you need any additional information you can use the data that you prepare.
If you interview with a placement (“headhunter”), it is their duty to get as much information as possible and should at least be able to give you some information about the interviewer, the organization and the role it for recruiting are. For example you can also ask whether the other candidates put before you, why they were not hired, etc., in order not to make the same mistakes.
If you have a formal assessment centers can participate with other candidates, some information can be specifically selected to ensure a fair comparison, which is fair enough. But never hurts to ask.
C. Research Company
This is important not only to find out if this is the right company for you, but also in the coming days we are going more into detail about how you impress the interviewer and will draw substantially.
What are the best ways to do, find a business?
I. The company’s Web site the first stop of course, is the company’s website. This gives you an overview of what the society, what different sectors in growth, etc. is if the company is listed on the company’s headquarters, also included are annual reports and other statutory documents, which contain a wealth of data on company performance .
Google Search Google and II have to spend a few clear shots, the website of the company. A number of other sites with articles on recent transactions of the bank, are perceptions of the press, etc. Google also has a feature that allows you to search the forums. These can be valuable insider information on any major issue, given that the bank face.
III. Websites for jobseekers sites like Vault.com Wetfeet.com forums, and other aspects of business in which you are seeking advice from other agencies who are interested in employment opportunities with this institution, you have divided.
IV Talk to people you know who can work in the same company or branch, of course, they can be a very effective time to make important information before you get to the interview!
Note: Interviewers are always impressed when a candidate can know some facts about the company or its plans (you’ll be surprised how many people walk into an interview without doing even just this basic research!) Show. They seem more “intelligent, capable and driven” than other candidates, even if they made another search for a few minutes on the Internet!
So today, get this:
1) to the bank you can not confirm the interview, suggested the date and time if you have not already done so,
2) In the same call / e-mail (or in a separate contract, if you have already confirmed the meeting) to collect as much information as possible about the interview format, participants, purpose, etc.
3) Research plan for growth, financial performance, industry etc. on the internet and through contacts. Keep all information because you will need for the course in the coming days.
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