I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at BNP Paribas (Paris) in Dec 2015
Interview
Entretien avec agence d'interim puis un manager - Entretien avec agence d'interim puis un manager - Entretien avec agence d'interim puis un manager.
Agence: conversation globale pour connaître la persaonnalité et les motivations.
Manager: idem
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at BNP Paribas in Jun 2016
Interview
After submitting my online application, I had to do a test in the Paris office. Hereafter, HR contacted me and told me it would send my CV to the relevant businesses.
Some days later I got a first interview with an analyst of the team. Within one week after this call, I talked with 3 members of the team (analyst, VP and director).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Test: basic macro economic and finance knowledge (oil price, difference between accrual and cost based accounting etc.)
interviews:
- knowledge of the relevant industry
- walk me through a DCF model
- Equity - EV bridge
- impact of associates and minority interests on income statement and bridge
- Some PE related questions (IRR, money multiple etc.)
- ...
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at BNP Paribas (New York, NY) in Apr 2016
Interview
Initially a phone interview with head of LatAm Securitization group. New group, so was mainly focused on whether I would be willing to work hard to grow a new group. Passed that, then had super day with people from LatAm and U.S. side. Mostly qualitative questions, and only exception was a computer guy who had some funky questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One guy walked in very disheveled, and quickly asked me to share my opinion of secured paper vs. unsecured paper. He had just been on a call with a client regarding the same issue, so I had to walk through pros and cons of each piece of debt.