I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at MSCI (New York, NY) in Jan 2011
Interview
Week 1: I applied for position via an internal recruiter's post on eFC.
Week 2: Received an email the next week scheduling a 1:1 phone call with the recruiter. They asked me about my background and skills, then told me more about position. Conversation was very relaxed and short. At end the recruiter said they'd forward my CV to the hiring manager.
Week 2: Received email from recruiter 3 days after phone call saying HM wanted to schedule 1:1 phone call
Week 3: Spoke with hiring manager - asked me about my background, why I liked the position and told me about the position and the team. I asked about the team and effects of MSCI's recent acquisitions. Again, very easy. Received call from recruiter that evening saying the HM wanted me to visit onsite for panel interview, however MSCI did not offer to pay my travel expenses.
Week 4: Had 1:1's with 5 people over 3 hours, including HM. Each interviewer was very friendly. They did most of the talking - about themselves, the role, the company. Asked me about my background, skillset and some easy technical questions, ie "How do you calculate VaR, what is a CDS, how do you price a future etc"
Week 5: received offer
Week 6: accepted offer
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Questions I received were:
Background:
What did you like most about your last job?
Why did you leave?
What was you favorite class in college?
How do you feel about living in New York?
Behavioral:
Why do you like this position?
Tell me about a time you failed/made a mistake and how you dealt with it
Technical:
How do you calculate VaR?
How do you price a future?
What is a CDS?
What risk attributes are most important to consider in an equity portfolio?
What's the difference between a Hedge Fund and a managed account?
first went through an interview with human resources, followed by technical assessment delivered via email, then two succeeding technical interviews with one of the team managers and the team executive director. both technical interviews were with folks based in Mumbai office
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walk me through your experience related to the role
The comoany has a Quick turn around. The interview is in multiple stages and some of them arr in a panel. People were open to answer any questions and seems geniune.
Great interview was really easy. Cracked interview. The interviewers were .they asked about my academic.then they asked me about my knowledge in excel and about what role they are hiring me.
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Question 1
interview. The interviewers were .they asked about my academic.then they asked me about my knowledge in excel and about what role they are hiring me.