InterviewQuestionsforAccountingMajors-TheUniversity.docVIP

The University of Scranton ~ Office of Career Services Take these web-based quizzes: MSNCareers Are you ready for the interview? Virtual Interview – MonsterTrak – for the Campus Crowd Interview Questions – By Major Career / Job Interview Question Index () Accounting First Job Marketing Sales Engineering Information Technology Personnel Teaching Interview Questions for Banking/Investment Banking Why this company in particular? Why banking? Give me an example of team interaction. How do people negatively perceive you? Explain PE ratios. Given 10 million dollars, how would you invest? What have been the DOW trends in the last few weeks? Tell me about a situation where you made a mistake and had to live with the consequences. Tell me about a situation where when you were first presented with a problem, you had absolutely no idea how to approach it. How did you eventually solve the problem? Tell me about a situation where you attempted to improve something and you were met with resistance. How did you handle the situation? What do you think it takes to be successful in investment banking? What do you think investment bankers do everyday? Describe a situation in which you used quantitative skills to solve a problem. Sell me this XYZ object. Recommend a stock to me. What sources of information do you read on the investment banking industry? What do you think of the way the government treats insider traders? Has the investment banking industry been represented fairly in the press? What are your strengths in business analysis? How would you describe your “target market?” How would you describe your competitive advantages? What do you want to know about a new customer before opening/accepting a deposit account? How are deposit accounts insured and to what dollar limits? Under what circumstances have or would you close a customer’s checking account? What borrower conditions, if present, would guarantee that a loan application would be rejected? What are the