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Interviewed Mar 2012 in Stamford, CT (took 2 days)

I was selected for an on campus interview.half hour 2-1 with recent full time employees. Got a call back to come for the "Super Friday" in Stamford. Met with many other students who were interviewing for all summer positions. Had two separate half hour interviews again 2-1 with managers in the department. I am waiting to send thank you emails this monday and will wait to hear back. I thought it was a little odd they are the by far the quickest for having both interviews done before other companies even offer the first interview times. Stamford is nice, and RBS is known for their comfortable working environment.

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Tell us what do you know about RBS?

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Where do you see yourself in 2 years? 10 years?

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What are you passionate about?

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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.

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Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Aug 2011 in Stamford, CT (took 2 months)

There was delay in background check and people being on vacation, otherwise pretty straighforward. Phone screen, skills test, in person interview, background check, offer, decsion, notice, start date.

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Are you sure you want to work here?

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Negotiation Details

Stay firm in what you want. If it is reasonable from your background, experienc and market conditions.

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

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jun 2010 in Stamford, CT (took 2 months)

The phone interview was basic resume dissecting. Then the candidates are invited to the office where there is a rotation with two employees and a tour of office. Everyone was nice some technical questions and personal questions. The company has great facilities and good people. I heard from another candidate that they picked him up from airport and paid for his hotel.

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What was reason for financial collapse?

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

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Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2010 in New York, NY (took a day)

After submitting my application/CV through my university career website, I was informed that I was given an on-campus interview. The interview consisted of a 2:1 interview, with a recent grad from my university who was working where I applied, and a senior member from another office. The interview was about 30 minutes, and was mainly fit (they did toss a brain teaser in as well). On the whole, the interviewers looked for primarily people centered and educated in finance, and a strong background and prior work experience in either investment banking or capital markets seemed to be extremely advantageous.

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I don't see anything on your resume that would lead me to believe that you are interested in investment banking. Can you please explain why you want to work in the field?

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.

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Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2010 in Houston, TX (took a day)

I did not have any contact with the company previously. I simply dropped my resume online and was asked to interview while they were on campus at my university. I was interviewed by two men: one VP and one analyst. The interview was almost entirely technical and one of them seemed to enjoy watching me suffer through the interview. I did okay at best.

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Walk us through an adjustment you made on a purchase balance sheet for your previous employer.

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How do you determine terminal value?

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.

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Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Sep 2010 in New York, NY (took a day)

Interviewed through College Career Center, was a 2:1 interview, asked mostly fit based questions had me walk through my resume, finished up with some general market questions and my opinion of where the market might be by the end of the year, finished up with further description of the position.

Seemed to really click with 1 of the 2 interviewers, was not invited for a 2nd round

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Describe to me a recent assignment/project that you found difficult, and how you approached completing it?

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Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Declined Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 in Stamford, CT (took 5 days)

First you have your one on one interviews through your school. Then they invite you to a reception where you mingle with current employees. Then the second round is composed of 1 on 1 interviews with MD's and Heads of departments which are all fit based.

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Why do you think the economy is the way it is today?

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The interview consisted of a Presentation, a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 in Greenwich, CT (took a day)

The interview was with 3 members of the senior management team in the Sales and Trading field at RBS. The interview was difficult because they had three people asking questions and it was hard to focus on one person. The questions were largely background information, but some of the questions were why sales and trading and why this industry. My answer were not sufficient in many cases and they kept pushing me for a better answer. I worked at a small financial firm and they asked what products I was most interested in and I struggled to answer not because I didn't know, but just because I never thought about what "products" the company offered. Looking back, I can think of a million things, but at the time, they did not seem to care because I had worked for an insignificant financial firm. I needed to give them actual and pertinent answers and while they said this was more of an "informal" interview, it sure did not feel like it. They played the "laid back" card, but this was not the overall feeling of the interview.

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What products interests you the most?

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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.

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Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 in New York, NY (took a day)

First round interview consists of fit questions. It was 2 interviewers at once, one from sales and the other from trading. They asked basic market questions as well as questions testing the candidates appetite for risk. The interview was easy in that no brain teasers were involved.

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What do you think sales & trading is?

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 (took a day)

The interviewer was cold and asked few questions. Not very interested in the process. Did grill me on parts of my resume. Be prepared to talk about modeling and other financial pieces. Other than that I just ran through my resume. I am not sure what she was looking for exactly. Did not give me much time to ask her questions.