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January 26th, 2010 by Jason Lee
Consulting firms generally include case questions in their interviews. In these questions you are asked to think through some “real-world” questions, usually one with which you’re totally unfamiliar! You should approach these to demonstrate your problem solving opportunities. They also try to pressurize you usually through silence or confrontational questions, to see how you react. Answer pleasantly and calmly, ignoring the provocation.
Second interviews involve often a daylong series of discussions with potential supervisors, co-workers and other managers or department heads. In disciplines like education, you may be asked to bring a portfolio or to prepare and deliver a class while being observed by other professionals. Some organizations also administer tests or give tours. The JobConcierge Best Executive Recruiters list is a free list of recruiters and headhunters who help anyone find jobs, including executive jobs and executive level jobs.
When you appear for interview a group may interview you. . Handle this situation in much the same way as if there were only one interviewer, taking care to direct your answers toward each person in the group. Treat each successive interview as if it were your first. Maintain your enthusiasm with each new person you meet. If you are asked the same question for the sixth time, remember that the person who asks has not yet heard your answer. If possible, learn the name and title of each member of the group before the interview. This will allow you to know with what orientation or area of interest each person approaches the meeting. It is best to know this in advance of the interview day.
Don’t take it personally if an interviewer takes a call; pick up the thread of the conversation when the interviewer is free again. Understand that you will be visiting a working organization and the people you see may not be able to devote exclusive attention to you. Second interviews include group interviews in which several applicants for the same position are presented with a problem to solve or subject to discuss as a group. The interviewer merely observe. In this case, keep in mind that you are being evaluated in terms of how you interact with the other members of your group.The free meals offered are part of an evaluative process, whether or not they appear informal.
Maintain eye contact and return a firm handshake if a hand is extended, close the interview with the same enthusiastic and energetic style with which you approached it. Be aware of signals that indicate that the interview is over. An interviewer may stand or express appreciation for your time. This is your clue to close the interview. Express your enthusiasm for the organization and, if you are interested in the position, ask the interviewer when a decision will be made and when you may call. Send a thank-you note following each interview. For more job search advice and job interview advice, check out the JobConcierge Best Job Search Advice on the Internet. JobConcierge collected some of the best job search advice on cover letter tips, career change advice, networking advice, video resume tips and ranked the best articles on the executive job search website.
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November 5th, 2009 by Riyan Richter
Why do you want to do investment banking?
Expect this question in every single interview – so be prepared and have a good answer ready.
But if you read most guides and articles out there, you’ll get very poor ideas for what you might say in response to this question:
-You want to be a lifelong learner.
-You like finance and accounting.
-You like a fast-paced environment.
And if you want to sound exactly the same as everyone else, feel free to use these types of responses.
But if you want to succeed in interviews, you’ll have to be more memorable and give answers that make the other person actually like you.
There are two main ways you can do this: the “Big Picture” method and the “Slice of Life” method.
If you’re a career changer, you don’t have a finance background, or you can’t think of anything specific that made you interested in finance, use the “Big Picture” method.
The formula is: Background in One Field + Experience in Finance = Long-Term Success.
So maybe you’re an engineer and you want to do investment banking so that you can go into venture capital one day; or maybe you came from healthcare and you want to do investment banking so that you can advise healthcare companies on major financing decisions.
Don’t know what you want to do in the long-term? Not a problem – just make up goals and be consistent with what you say.
The other method – the “Slice of Life” – is better if you’ve been a finance major, or you have some full-time experience in the field.
Here, you start off with a specific event that made you interested and then explain how that interest developed over time.
-You observed some family members trading stocks when you were younger, so you got interested, started following the market, and did some trading internships.
-You had the opportunity to meet female executives at banks during a leadership retreat and that sparked your interest.
Feel free to combine both of these methods, as well – just make sure your story doesn’t go on for 5 minutes.
Aim for 20-30 seconds at most, keep it brief and on point, and you’ll be well-ahead of 90% of interviewees.
Riyan Richter writes about the job development process, how to successfully network, and how to break into the finance industry at Mergers … Inquisitions, the internet’s leading resource for investment banking and answering the why investment banking question in interviews.
