Investment banks’ graduate interview questions - UPDATED
What will you be asked if you interview with an investment bank, either as a graduate or as an intern?
We've updated our list of sample interview questions for you (the new entries have 'NEW' written alongside them). The list below has been sent to us by eFinancialCareers readers. We can’t totally verify the questions' authenticity: this is what people are telling us they’ve encountered.
If you’ve also interviewed with an investment bank, or other financial services firm, send us your questions (Editor@eFinancialCareers.com) – and how you answered, and we’ll add them to our list (100% anonymously, of course).
If you want to see some other examples of interview questions asked by various banks in previous years, click here, or here, or here.
Click the links below to see what’s allegedly been asked at each bank and what students say they’ve said in response. We’ll be adding to this list over the coming weeks, so keep checking this page for updates.
Interview questions: ANZ, institutional banking and financial institutions, Internship (NEW)
Interview questions: Bank of Ireland, capital markets, graduate
Interview questions: BarCap's technology division, internship
Interview questions: Barclays Capital, trading and structuring, graduate position
Interview questions: Barclays Capital, operations, internship
Interview questions: Barclays Capital, M&A/IBD, graduate position
Interview questions: Berenberg, equity research, graduate position
Interview questions: Bank of Montreal (BMO), portfolio manager, graduate position
Interview questions: BNP Paribas, technology division, internship
Interview questions: Citigroup, investment banking, graduate (NEW)
Interview questions: Credit Agricole CIB, research, internship
Interview questions: Credit Suisse, IBD, graduate position
Interview questions: Credit Suisse, corporate finance/M&A, internship
Interview questions: Deutsche Bank, capital markets, graduate
Interview questions: Deutsche Bank, risk, graduate
Interview questions: DRW (prop trading firm), graduate position
Interview questions: Ernst & Young, corporate finance, internship (NEW)
Interview questions: GLG, equity research, internship
Interview questions: Goldman Sachs, M&A, internship
Interview questions: Halifax, finance, graduate position
Interview questions: JPMorgan, M&A, associate interview
Interview questions: JPMorgan, FX sales, off-cycle internship
Interview questions: JPMorgan, M&A internship
Interview questions: Julius Baer, technology, internship (NEW)
Interview questions: Knightsbridge Advisers, trainee fund manager, graduate (NEW)
Interview questions: Lazard, M&A, graduate position
Interview questions: Lazard, M&A, 6 month internship
Interview questions: LCH Clearnet, risk, graduate (NEW)
Interview questions: Lloyds Banking Group, trading, graduate (NEW)
Interview questions: Macquarie, IBD, internship
Interview questions: Macquarie, IBD, graduate (NEW)
Interview questions: Manulife Financial, graduate position, marketing (NEW)
Interview questions: Mitsubishi UFJ, fixed income trading, graduate
Interview questions: Mitsubishi UFJ, trading, graduate
Interview questions: Momentum Asset Management, research analyst, internship (NEW)
Interview questions: Morgan Stanley, investment banking division, internship
Interview questions: Morgan Stanley, M&A, internship
Interview questions: Morgan Stanley, IBD, internship
Interview questions: Morgan Stanley, operations, placement year internship (NEW)
Interview questions: Nationwide, retail banking, graduate position
Interview questions: Old Mutual, equity analyst, graduate position
Interview questions: OTP Bank (Hungary), strategic planning, graduate position
Interview questions: RBC Capital Markets, sales and trading, internship (NEW)
Interview questions: RBS, sales, graduate position
Interview questions: RBS, leveraged syndication, contract position
Interview questions: Robert W Baird, M&A, graduate
Interview questions: Societe Generale, project finance, graduate position
Interview questions: Smith & Williamson, investment management, graduate (NEW)
Interview questions: Standard Chartered, wealth management, graduate position
