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15 Most Common Investment Banking & Finance Interview Questions
15 Most Common Investment Banking & Finance Interview Questions
Some of the most common banking interview questions for an investment banking interview include (some are a bit on the tough side but they DO come up very often, increasingly as a means of trimming down the candidate lists as the finance graduate job market gets harsher):
- How many degrees (if any) are there in the angle between the hour and the minute hands of a clock when the time is a quarter past three?
[Typically asked during investment banking interviews for entry level investment banking graduate jobs] -
Find the smallest positive integer that leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, a remainder of 2 when divided by 3, a remainder of 3 when divided by 4, … and a remainder of 9 when divided by 10
[Typically asked during investment banking interviews for quantitative investment banking finance jobs] -
Two standard options have exactly the same features, expect that one has long maturity, and the other has short maturity. Which one has the higher gamma?
[Typically asked during investment banking interviews for bank derivatives trading jobs] -
How do you calculate an option’s delta?
[Typically asked during investment banking interviews for derivatives trading jobs] -
When can hedging an options position make you take on more risk?
[Typically asked during investment banking interviews for trading jobs] -
Are you better off using implied standard deviation or historical standard deviation to forecast volatility? Why?
[Typically asked during investment banking interviews for quantitative finance jobs] -
Describe “duration” and “convexity”. Describe their properties and uses
[Typically asked during investment banking interviews for graduate investment banking jobs] -
Two players A and B play a marble game. Each player has both a red and a blue marble. They present one marble to each other. If both present red, A wins $3. If both present blue, A wins $1. If the colours do not match, B wins $2.
Is it better to be A or B, or does it matter?
[Typically asked during investment banking interviews for quantitative finance or derivatives jobs] -
How do you “value” yourself? Here “value” means in financial terms
[Typically asked during investment banking interviews for MBA finance jobs or experienced banking hires] -
What distinguishes you from other candidates we might hire?
[Typically asked during investment banking interviews for graduate investment banking vacancies] -
If you could go on a cross-country car trip with any three people, who would you choose? Why?
[Typically asked during investment banking interviews for corporate finance / mergers & acquisitions banking jobs] - Tell be about a stock you like or hate and why
[Asked by investment banking job interviewers for any accounting, finance or investment banking job!] -
What is the difference between default and prepayment risk?
[Typically asked during investment banking interviews for credit jobs / risk management jobs] -
How would you move mount Fuji?
[Typically asked during investment banking interviews for consulting jobs or graduate accounting jobs] -
Estimate the annual car demand for car batteries
[Typically asked during investment banking interviews for corporate finance jobs, mergers & acquisition banking jobs or consulting jobs]
About the Author
Agustin Valecillos is a Vice President at a top tier Investment bank focussing on Commodities and FX Structuring . He is also the Founder and CEO of a team of Investment Banking professionals who pride themselves in helping people jump-start their investment banking career in the financial services sector
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