Topic: RENCAP: Rencap Investment Bank Recruiting

Originally Posted by babestell

i just got a call from them....that i was sucessful in the test and will be going to south africa for the interview...waoh!!!!!!!! am so excited.

BEFORE THE INTERVIEW
Before you arrive ...

Before your interview make sure that you are well-informed about the company, the
banking industry, the financial markets and the business world generally. You will
be expected to know where the FTSE and Dow Jones indexes are and have been, where
LIBOR and Fed rates are and to be up to speed on current financial and business
issues. Read the Financial Times daily and register (for free) at World business, finance, and political news from the Financial Times - FT.com to get
email updates. See also the links below, the links from our banking careers page
Banking Careers and our Interview Reports for banking
interviews.
You are likely to get verbal and numerical reasoning tests: see
How to pass aptitude tests with example tests for examples.

There follow some of the questions that might be specifically asked of students at
interviews for investment banking jobs. General interview questions are not asked
here, so you might also like to try the general or multiple choice interviews as
well for standard interview questions that can be thrown at any candidate. Click on
"First Question" to begin. Think carefully about how you would answer, then click on
"Show Answer Tips" to get an idea of how you should be answering.


Other questions students have been asked at banking interviews:
About your study, work experience and skills
Why did you choose your A-levels? (Morgan Stanley)
Tell us about your degree course and why you chose it? (Citibank)
Tell us about your work experience (Citibank)
How can you relate your studies and experience to your work with us? (Citibank)
Tell us your strengths and weaknesses.
What skills do you think you can bring to us? (Morgan Stanley)
What would you friends say is your strongest point? (Morgan Stanley)
Why should we hire you and not someone else? (Citibank)
How do you prioritise your work at the moment? (Citibank)
Where do you see yourself in 2-5 years? (Morgan Stanley)
Hypothetical questions. See our section on this
If you had a very large assignment how would you structure your time to make sure
you met the final deadline? (J.P. Morgan)
If I told you a list of 7 things to do and walked off, what would you do? If you
couldn't finish all of them by the end of the day, what would you do? (Morgan
Stanley)


Questions about the organisation. Make sure you do LOTS of research!
What do you know about us? (Morgan Stanley and Citibank)
What attracted you to us? (Morgan Stanley)
Why do you want to work for us? (J.P. Morgan and Citibank)
What would you say is the most important aspect of our work culture? (Morgan Stanley)
What does the Operations and Finance division do? Who are our clients? What is the
main function of an investment bank? (Morgan Stanley)
Tell me what you know about the investment banking industry. (Morgan Stanley)
Why do you want to work in investment banking? (J.P. Morgan)
Why have you applied to Global Credit Risk Management rather than trading? (J.P.
Morgan)


Competency Questions.
Give an example of where you have had to motivate others
Give an example of where you have had to lead others.
Give an example of where you have had to process information
Give an example of where you have had to work with people/customers
Give an example of when you have taken initiative.
Describe a time at work when you coped with a problem
Tell us of a time when you've failed at something.
Have you ever made a mistake? Tell us about it.
What opportunities have you had to work in a team and what would you say your role was?
What is the most difficult decision you've had to make?


MARKET SIZING questions
These evaluate your temperament and analytical skills and are often used in CASE
STUDY interviews by consultancy and banking firms. They test your logical,
analytical, numerical and problem solving skills. A lot of the skill in answering
these questions involved making reasoned estimates of the market size.
How many women sell AVON products in the UK? (McKinsey)
How many photocopies are taken in the UK each year? (McKinsey)
How many piano tuners are there in the UK? (A brain-teaser – they want you to
logically arrive at a guestimate e.g. 10,000,000 households in the UK, 1 in 5 have a
piano etc.) (LEK)
Give the weight of a fully loaded Jumbo Jet at take-off. (LEK)
For help with answering these see our page on CASE interviews


I advisee you to go over all these sample questions and practice 'saying' the answers. Google for more.

advise please, not advisee..

When you are done with the above, please let me know so that I can load you with moreeeeeeeee..

Ighoeve.

good one babs, be sure u r well prepared especially behaviorial interview question, trust me start preparing ur stories...,,,, mehn my internet conectivity cost me my test,... i couldnt do the numerics.....good luck to u sha. and may God give the rest of us better opportunities more

Originally Posted by BIGER BOY

good one babs, be sure u r well prepared especially behaviorial interview question, trust me start preparing ur stories...,,,, mehn my internet conectivity cost me my test,... i couldnt do the numerics.....good luck to u sha. and may God give the rest of us better opportunities more

Amen! Amen! Amen!

yeee!! All dis one bcos i dey find job. Okay i will start reading 4rm now. Thank u all 4 the good wishes, am grateful,
@ Ighoeve thanks a million 4 d tips, God bless u.

@babestell, please when were you contacted? and also what date is d interview in south africa

also congrats babestell

Originally Posted by beelady

@babestell, please when were you contacted? and also what date is d interview in south africa

i was called on the 5th and its in september...am not too sure of the date but its between 10th to 20th... i didnt hear what the woman was saying...she was speaking americana for me..lol

Originally Posted by babestell

i was called on the 5th and its in september...am not too sure of the date but its between 10th to 20th... i didnt hear what the woman was saying...she was speaking americana for me..lol

The chick is purely South African(oyinbo type sha). She has a pleasant disposition too. She is the HR officer in charge of graduate application(s).

igoeve... pardon my asking but WHO B U?

Originally Posted by BIGER BOY

igoeve... pardon my asking but WHO B U?

Hi,

I am a fellow Nigerian with the same pains, goals, dreams and aspirations as most 'forumites'..