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Phone Interview: to confirm your information indicated in Resume and what's your interests, why you're interested in this company and this position and also some basic technical question such as what do you know about the global market, what do you know about the asset classes etc. (Call from English native speaker and interviewed with English) First Round Interview: reconfirm your education and working experience. Self Introduction. How much you know about this position. Some more specific and advanced technical questions regarding financial products. And again what's your interests, why you're interested in this company and this position. And why you don't apply for other companies / Commercial banks / I-Banks / Big 4. (Interviewed with English + Cantonese + Mandarin). Second Round Interview: Again what's your interests, why you're interested in this company and this position. And why you don't apply for other companies / Commercial banks / I-Banks / Big 4. And talk about the next step of the recruitment procedures compensations but not salary (you will know until the offer approved by HQ). (Interviewed with English)
Oct 6, 2015

Phone Interview: to confirm your information indicated in Resume and what's your interests, why you're interested in this company and this position and also some basic technical question such as what do you know about the global market, what do you know about the asset classes etc. (Call from English native speaker and interviewed with English) First Round Interview: reconfirm your education and working experience. Self Introduction. How much you know about this position. Some more specific and advanced technical questions regarding financial products. And again what's your interests, why you're interested in this company and this position. And why you don't apply for other companies / Commercial banks / I-Banks / Big 4. (Interviewed with English + Cantonese + Mandarin). Second Round Interview: Again what's your interests, why you're interested in this company and this position. And why you don't apply for other companies / Commercial banks / I-Banks / Big 4. And talk about the next step of the recruitment procedures compensations but not salary (you will know until the offer approved by HQ). (Interviewed with English)

1. In crypto currencies, the notion of settlement banks to hold crypto does not exist. Zero Hash actually holds the crypto. Illustrate and define different ways as to how settlement on a crypto exchange may occur. 2. Assume that to allow clients to trade a BTC/USD contract, we request that they post collateral in USD, which is the settlement currency of the trade. If someone wants to post Ethereum as collateral to the BTC/USD trade, what would that type of margining be called? What are the risks of margining this trade this way and what should we do to mitigate these risks? 3. Describe the steps that the Risk team would need to take if a default of a participant were to occur?
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Risk and Settlement

Interviewed at Zero Hash

3.5
Nov 30, 2018

1. In crypto currencies, the notion of settlement banks to hold crypto does not exist. Zero Hash actually holds the crypto. Illustrate and define different ways as to how settlement on a crypto exchange may occur. 2. Assume that to allow clients to trade a BTC/USD contract, we request that they post collateral in USD, which is the settlement currency of the trade. If someone wants to post Ethereum as collateral to the BTC/USD trade, what would that type of margining be called? What are the risks of margining this trade this way and what should we do to mitigate these risks? 3. Describe the steps that the Risk team would need to take if a default of a participant were to occur?

One question dealt with any past experiences working with a difficult client and how I responded and worked with the client. She allowed time for me to answer the question fully explain the situation as well as my resolution with interruption.
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Settlement Specialist

Interviewed at Brown & Crouppen

4.2
May 28, 2019

One question dealt with any past experiences working with a difficult client and how I responded and worked with the client. She allowed time for me to answer the question fully explain the situation as well as my resolution with interruption.

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