How and When to Follow Up After Completing an Interview or Forwarding Your Resume
Have you been putting off sending a follow-up note after submitting your resume or completing that long-awaited interview? A word to the wise: Don’t. A full 81 percent of senior managers who responded to a survey late last year said they expect job candidates to follow up within two weeks of applying for a job. [...]
The Famous Five
You may not be able to predict what questions you will be asked at an interview, but you can know the types of questions to expect. The questions banks ask will generally come from one of five categories. Competency questions Loved by graduate recruiters and human resources interviewers everywhere, the aim of this type of [...]
Preparing for Front-Office Interviews
Three former students, now gainfully employed in front-office roles, give the inside scoop on what to expect during interviews for investment banking, sales and trading positions. Investment banking interviews If you make it to the final round of an investment banking interview process, you will encounter an assessment center. Most banks use them. At that [...]
The S.T.A.R. Interview Technique
The S.T.A.R. technique may sound like a recipe for reality television success, but it’s actually the evidence and competency-based method of interviewing which is increasingly favored by investment banks. S.T.A.R. stands for Situation, Task, Action, Result and is a method that allows the interviewer to assess your competencies (read “skills” or “abilities”) as a candidate [...]
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