Investment Banker Interview Question:

Investment Banker Resume and personality related questions:

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► Be ready to explain any line on your resume.
► Are you a leader or a follower? Give me an example of your being successful in each role.
► What was your favorite class so far? Why?
► What classes are you currently taking to get ready for the summer?
► What are your 5-10 year (long-term) career plans?
► What are your proudest accomplishments? What was your most challenging professional experience?
► What do you do to relax?
► Tell me a joke.
► Who has influenced you the most, besides family members?
► Say you are at a meeting with a client and your Managing Director is giving a presentation. You suddenly notice a mistake in some of the calculations, which you have prepared. Do you mention it? When? What do you say?
► What is one skill that you think is most relevant to investment banking?
► Based on your course load and work experience, you seem to like marketing. Why are you interested in finance?
► What is one word that describes you the best?
► How would your classmates describe you? How would you characterize yourself in a group dynamic?
► Highlight your quantitative accomplishments.
► Describe an ethical decision you had to make.
► If you were a vegetable, what vegetable would you be and why? (This is not a joke! This question actually gets asked.)
► What's your favorite book?
► As an Associate, what tasks would you like to spend most of your time doing? What percent of each day do you see yourself spending on those tasks?
► Describe a time that you failed. Why did you fail, and what did you learn?
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