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3.0

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Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 (took 3 months)

The process began by two "informal" competency based interviews by the member of the team that I would be part of. Prior to the interview, I was not familiar with the company, therefore a lot of time was spent looking at the website, reading financial statements etc to gain understanding and context of the current situation. There were six interview in total, these ranged from competency based, to personality and culture fit. The interviewers were friendly and were clearly interested in how my activities outside of work might affect my approach to a career within the firm.

Overall, I think the interview process was onerous because it was spread over 3 months with 6 in total. Eventually, you ended up saying the same things at different installments. My advice for applicants would be to consider the culture fit for the department you are working for. There are very intelligent people in the firm working very long hours, if you are considering an application, i would suggest the majority of the post interview questions are on fit because this will make the difference,

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How do your external activities affect your ability to remain an employee with us?

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Dec 2010 in New York, NY (took 3 days)

I applied for an AVP Programmer position on company's website. I got a phone call about 3 months later.
It was a technical phone interview. I accurately answered all questions, but I never heard from the interviewer. I tried to contact them, but I never got a response.

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If you have 5 sets of balls with 5 balls each. In 4 sets each ball weigh 5 grams except from one set where the balls weigh 4 grams. How do I find which set has the balls with 4 grams.?

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Given a Tic table- I.e a table that records Ticker, price, date/time during a trading day. Write a Query that will give you for each Ticker the final price of the day.

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Given a binary tree, Find the depth of the node containing the max value.

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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jul 2010 (took 2 months)

Not particularly challenging. Was more trying to get information out of interviewer. although mood was serious it was quite easy.

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What's your management style

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Sep 2009 in New York, NY (took 3 days)

Phone interview to see and talk about past experiences and see the fit with the organization. Then One on one with Team in Jersey city and New York.

Interview Questions

There are 9 balls one of which is lighter than the others. How would you find the lighter ball in 2 tries

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Did not try to negotiate a lot

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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Dec 2009 (took 2 weeks)

Smooth & quick hiring process...most questions are tailored around on how you handle yourself in a team enviornment and working under pressure. Will ask few technical questions to guage how you articulate things even if you may not know the correct answer.

Pay is pretty well but be prepared to put in some long hours.

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1. If given the opportunity what would be the one thing that you would change about the banking and financial industry in the current economic environment?

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