Course curriculum

    1. Q1 - Tell me about yourself / Walk me through your resumé

    2. Q2 - Why do you want to work in finance?

    3. Q3 - Why do you want this internship?

    4. Q4 - Why this bank?

    5. Q5 - Why this city?

    6. Q6 - Describe everything you know about this department and the position you're applying for.

    7. Q7 - Have you applied elsewhere ?

    8. Q8 - I don't think you understand how difficult this job is. Are you sure you are ready for this?

    9. Q9 - If I offer you the job right now, would you take it?

    10. Q10 - What is your dream job? / What do you want to do 3 / 5 / 10 years from now?

    11. Q11 - Tell me about a market trend you’ve been following.

    12. Q12 - If you had 1 million dollars to invest, what would you do?

    13. Q13 - Why do you want to work in financial markets? Why not corporate finance?

    14. Q14 - Why do you want to work in M&A? Why not in financial markets? Why not strategy consulting?

    15. Q15 - What do you think is the purpose of our job? (Corporate Finance)

    16. Q16 - Would you prefer working on a sell-side or buy-side?

    17. Q26 - Could you please describe a typical structured product transaction, from the beginning to the end?

    18. Q27 - How do you think a typical day of work looks like?

    19. Q28 - Do you have any questions for us?

    1. Q29 - Describe a time you had to make a difficult decision, and what was the outcome of that decision

    2. Q30 - Tell me about a time you failed at something

    3. Q31 - Tell me about your biggest success

    4. Q32 - What role do you usually assume in group projects?

    5. Q33 - How do you make important decisions?

    6. Q34 - What are your three main strengths?

    7. Q35 - What are your three main weaknesses?

    8. Q36 - Why should we hire you? What makes you think you would be a better fit for this internship than the other applicants?

    9. Q37 - Describe a situation in which you had a disagreement with a senior.

    10. Q38 - What would you do if a member of your team makes a mistake during a meeting with a client?

    11. Q39 - You have a personal emergency but you didn't finish your assignment. What do you do?

    12. Q40 - Hypothetically, how would you deal with a situation at work when you find something to be ethically wrong?

    13. Q41 - Tell us about a time you built a durable relationship with a team colleague

    14. Q42 - How do you cope with several deadlines?

    1. 1 - Goldman Sachs

    2. 2 - Bank of America

    3. 3 - JP Morgan

    4. 4 - BlackRock

    5. 5 - Barclays

    6. 6 - Citigroup

    7. 7 - Morgan Stanley

    8. 8 - Standard Chartered

    9. 9 - HSBC

    10. 10 - UBS

    11. 12 - Nomura

    12. 13 - Deutsche Bank

    13. 14 - Royal Bank of Canada

    14. 15 - BNP Paribas

    15. 16 - Macquarie

    16. 17 - Jefferies

    17. 18 - Evercore

    18. 19 - Lazard

    19. 20 - Rothschild

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