I applied online. I interviewed at World Bank Group (Washington, DC) in Oct 2016
Interview
The job seeker is usually called a week before to schedule interview. Once agreed on date and time, you just go to the office. 2 or 3 interviewers + one HR person+ Legal counsel
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a conflict situation and how I handled it.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at World Bank Group (Bengaluru)
Interview
CV was evaluated, processed, interviewed over phone, checked my knowledge, experience, skills, personality background, organisations that I have worked with, specific experience in water and sanitation. did induction and gave placement in Bihar. I had to wait for 60 days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you have enough experience in development sector?
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at World Bank Group (London, England) in Feb 2017
Interview
Did a phone interview first with two team members.
Had to then do panel interviews with everyone in the team. Had about six of these panel interviews over a three week period. Lots of rescheduling die to availability.
After team, did two 1-1 interviews with the hiring manager.
Finally did an interview with the director before receiving an offer.
You will have to travel for interviews. In case of urgency, some may be done over video conference.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Discuss various derivative stategies for investors facing market, credit, currency risks
- Distinguishing different types of fixed income derivatives eg cross currency swaps and CDSs
- Explaining how to price these derivatives and any models used
- Correlation on a loan portfolio
- Structuring and pricing of various structured products eg ABSs, CDOs etc