性格特点比较适合投行氛围或者比较受投行喜爱的有几个方面:激情(Passion)、执著(Persistence)、勤奋(Diligence)、仔细/注重细节(Carefulness)、正直(Integrity)、坦诚(Honesty)、富于进取(Aggressive)、敢负责任(Responsible)、适当幽默(Humor)、自我驱动(Self-driven/Self-motivated)、对人友好(Outgoing and Friendly)、善于分享与合作(Sharing & Cooperative)等等。申请者在平常对这些要非常注意,寻觅出哪些地方是自己不足的地方并逐渐加以改进。而其实,有些性格特点是短期内难以速成的,如果没有也是装不出来的,投行的人通过面试就可以把他们认为性格不合适的人选打掉。
细心的看官朋友会发现,如果仔细考虑了这些软性要求,并结合自身情况深入挖掘从而认真得出了符合自己的答案后,其实也就是得出了投行的一些常见问题的答案,这些常见问题也就是所谓的General Questions,比如:
1.Why we should hire you?
2.Tell me about your strengths and weaknesses.
3.What is your greatest achievement/failure?
4.Give me an example that you are a team leader/member.
5.Use 3 words to describe yourself.
6.How can you get other people’s supports when you need help?
7.How will you convince/persuade other people when you have conflicts with them?
8.Have you ever got an experience that you work under great pressures?
9.What is your career plan in the next few years?
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以上的主要内容是分析自己。这些还不够,还要分析行业,分析公司,分析部门。认真考虑以下几个问题吧:
1.Why Investment Banking Industry?
2.Why Goldman Sachs/ Morgan Stanley/ Credit Suisse First Boston/ Merrill Lynch/ J.P. Morgan/ Deutsche Bank/ Union Bank of Switzerland/ China International Capital Corporation/…………?
3.Why Investment Banking Division/ Fixed Income Division/ Private Equity Division/ Capital Market Division/ Research Division/…………?
4.What/How can you contribute to the industry/ firm/ division?