Me postulé a través de una facultad o universidad. El proceso tomó 4 días. Acudí a una entrevista en BNP Paribas (Londres, Inglaterra) en ago 2022
Entrevista
Technical questions.
Things to know:
Value at risk definition, Expected shortfall definition.
Sensitivities to Greeks.
Greeks are used to calculate PnL via Taylor series expansions.
The interviewers were friendly and helpful to explain concepts I didn't understand.
In the end, was a brief explanation of the team's functions, plus a short briefing of what the remaining process is like if you're one of the potential candidates.
Preguntas de entrevista [5]
Pregunta 1
What does it mean for the yield and the coupon of a bond if a bond is priced at par? I.e. Discounted value = market value
Acudí a una entrevista en BNP Paribas (Londres, Inglaterra)
Entrevista
Several rounds with teams of two marker risk officers , focusing mostly on logical reasoning and brain teasers, capital markets knowledge (e.g. gold or s&p 500 price), Greeks / derivatives and risk related questions. I'd say it's relatively difficult
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Describe a combination of options where you are long vega, flat delta
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 3 meses. Acudí a una entrevista en BNP Paribas
Entrevista
Four rounds of technical interviews were conducted virtually over a three-month period. The interviewers were thoughtful, respectful, and professional beyond my expectations. The technical questions were a mix of pure quantitative and insight-driven questions.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
How to interpret the term structure of credit spread. Is it always upward sloping?
What is basis risk? How to hedge basis risk?
How to replicate the digital option pay-off?
Me postulé a través de una recomendación de un empleado. Acudí a una entrevista en BNP Paribas (París) en abr 2023
Entrevista
It was my first interview and I wasn't prepared for a technical one. It had to do with explaining different part of the mathematics used in finance as well as explaining how the model works and such things
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Explain how to derive the close form of a call given by the B&S model