I came in and had aprx. 40 minute interview with one member of staff. Very relaxed interview, not what I was expected. Many of the topics I was asked were covered in this forum, but to give a brief overview:
Detailed analysis of my CV - asked alot about my university projects, if like me you don't come from a finance background, think about the best way to explain complex ideas to someone who doesn't know anything about the subject.
Why Factset
Why Consultant
Why Finance
Competitors and advantages over them
IB v IM, and how facset will be used differently for each client.
Question about what I would do if two clients phoned one after another asking for something to be done quickly.
What are the most advanced features I can use in excel (look into macros)
Then I had 3 tests, one finance, one maths and one excel.
Excel was basic, look at conditional formatting, vlookup, pivot table, max, min, bar chart etc.
Maths was easy, algebra and some problem solving questions.
I found finance a bit tough as I didn't do it at degree. For those of you coming from non-finance background I would look at all the MoneyWeek videos on youtube, I found them quite useful (they definitely helped me for this test). All the questions where you need to calculate you are given formula, the maths bit is easy.
There was a question about why central banks change interest rates, is it due to inflation.
I didn't end up getting through because 'knowledge of FactSet was poor along with knowledge of the role....interest in finance didn't come across'
I did actually do a lot of research on the company beforehand, but not knowing loads about finance screwed me over lol Anyone else in a similar position to me, I would recommend you find someone in this sector to talk to and find out ALOT of information about how/why/what services like Bloomberg are used for. I had answers to these questions, but I didn't have the appropriate depth in them.