I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Citi (London, England) in Apr 2015
Interview
Got fast tracked to assessment centre from Women of Tomorrow Programme, found out very quickly and attended a assessment centre held the following week. It involved three interviews, a presentation on a company for which we were given a couple of hours in the morning to prepare, a numerical test and a group discussion.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mainly competency based questions
The only one that made me really think on my feet was 'Why don't you have a job at Uni?'
Also asked about effects of Greece leaving the Eurozone.
Structured. It consist of 3 rounds in total. HR will host the interview. First round of Case Study, then Technical with the team leads of the team. After that, will be Q&A session. Lastly with the head of the department.
I had a behavioral with a current analyst, then a Superday with 3 members of the division. During the Superday, I was also assigned a case study to be conducted and presented live to the Superday interviewers.
Interview with HR and a current analyst (behavioral + CV). Another round where there was 2 interviews from people from the department and then a prresentation based on a document they present
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