12 Most Common Behavioral Fit Questions Flashcards
What are some of your strengths?
What is the one word that describes you best?
What has been your favorite class in college and what was your grade?
Investments - A
- in depth analysis of investing strategies and portfolio strategy
- all types of assets, derivatives, and investment plays
- security and financial statement analysis
“What is the most important thing your resume doesn’t tell me that I should know?”
natural leader
- My whole life I have been a natural leader
- captain of baseball
- coached youth soccer
- nothing I love more than bringing a group of people together to achieve a common goal
“Tell me about a time that…”
What is your biggest weakness?
over think things
- don’t want to get anything wrong so overthink
- example:
What are you looking for in this job?
learn
- I am going into IB because it has the steepest learning curve of any career path in finance. The people I have spoken to within the industry says that you learn everything on the job. And while my undergraduate studies have prepared me for a career in finance, my understanding that most of the skills I will be using throughout the rest of my career will be acquired on the job. I understand the hours and the workload, and I want to work incredibly hard to gain real-world experience that isn’t available in any other profession at this stage in my career. I know these skills will prepare me for anything I want to do later in my career.
What has been your favorite job so far?
Bartending
- I have worked in my family’s fine dining restaurant since I was 13 and I take great pride in the reputation of the restaurant
- worked up from prep cook/dishwasher, busser, expeditor, and then bartender
- Anyone who has bartended knows that it is a very stressful job and there is so much to information to absord
- I was thrown into the job in the middle of the summer on Cap Cod and had to learn on the fly
- The combination of being fast paced and still requiring absolute precision made it very appealing to me
What has been your least favorite job so far?
Investment Compliance
- This summer I am working at john Hancock investment management where I manage a compliance data base and assist in monitoring and reporting
- When interviewing for this internship I was told about all the teams that there are such as valuation, finance, and private markets which sounded very interesting to me
- however after I secured the internship and the start date got closer i was notified that I was placed on the compliance team
- while I am learning many things about the IM industry the work is rather dull
What competitive activities have you participated in, and have they been worthwhile?
