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Updated Dec 18, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Deutsche Bank
Posted Dec 18, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in New York, NY (took a day)
It was an on-campus interview that consisted of a 2:1 interview with two directors in the Investment Banking group. One was much older than the other and both are alums of the college I attend. They asked me what my cummulative and major GPA was, even though it was right in front of them on my resume. They asked if I had any prior experience in the finance industry and I referred them to the two finance-related internships on my resume. The younger interviewer asked me the tough questions. He assumed I had strong knowledge of corporate finance ( because I did have finance-related experience but I only interned at an insurance company and a hedge fund), and began asking me questions about financing such as mezzanine debt, and senior debt, I had heard of both but couldn't tell them many specifics. After I gave unsatisfactory answers he went on to ask me discounted cash flow analysis, and although I am familar with it, I was not confident in answering his questions, so I said, "I have an idea of what it is and when it is used, but I could not give you a confident answer. However, if you gave me a few minutes to learn it, I know I could master it". They said that was a good enough answer. They asked me about the athletic teams I had been on and how much effort I put into training. The younger interviewer then asked me very specific questions about current economic events, specifically the European debt crisis. He asked me to summarize the events taking place in Europe and why it happened. I know a good amount about the situation, but each answer I gave he would challenge me in my answers and then ask me even more specific questions. The interview was around 30 minutes long and ended with me asking a few questions about Deutsche bank and a few industry specific questions. Overall I thought the older guy was nice and maybe that was because he gave me the softball questions. The younger guy was arrogant, but to my knowledge he is a rising start at the i-bank.
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Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Deutsche Bank
Posted Oct 7, 2011
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4.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in New York, NY (took 5 days)
Got the interview through a family connection. Went to New York for the interview, just a short behavioral. I think I did fine but was generally under-qualified for the position and did not blow anyone away.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Deutsche Bank
Posted Mar 8, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in New York, NY (took 4+ weeks)
The night before the interview, I was invited to dinner in order to meet some of the people who would be interviewing me the following day. The meal was nice, but the people from the bank were very awkward. This was to be my first interview in my life, so this awkward dinner was not helpful to my mindset.
In the interview, the first question I was asked by the interviewer was, "What questions do you have for me?" The rest of the interview was based on those initial questions. Even though I was applying for a summer analyst position (where compensation is set and pro-rated for the limited summer months that I would be spending at the firm), the interviewer asked me why I was not curious about compensation. I had been told by peers before the interview that to ask about compensation was considered taboo, so I was a bit surprised.
I am a history major, and my resume reflected this fact, so I was not asked anything too technical, such as how to balance an income statement or value a company using Discounted Cash Flow analysis, or anything like that. Some other questions that I was asked:
(1) "What do you think the largest problem facing the world economy is over the next 20 years and why? How about the US economy?"
(2) "What is one type of product that you think will be obsolete in the near future?"
(3) "If you own a start-up internet company and a larger company offered to buy you, what would your response be to that larger company?"
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Deutsche Bank
Posted Mar 1, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in New York, NY (took 4+ weeks)
I networked with alumni at the firm to gain a first round interview, and they let me know how the interview was expected to go. The interviews ended up having many of the same questions my contacts expected.
Interview was 2 days in the city. First day one interview with lower level analysts/associates, split between technical and fit. Second day two interviews with Directors and MDs mostly fit and behavioral.
The first day was much more relaxed and personal in conversation than the second. The second round was more to hammer out exactly why I was interested in the firm and investment banking and how my background demonstrated that. The interviews differed substantially depending on the style of the interviewers and the questions often pertained specifically to my background.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Deutsche Bank
Posted Jan 20, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
Was invited to a first round interview. Interviewed by two junior analysts. It was all competency based with all the usual standard questions:
Why do you want to work in investment banking?
Why Deutsche Bank?
What recent events have taken your interest?
Can you name any recent deals Deutsche Bank has been involved in?
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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