Financial Analyst

► What are your short- and long-term goals in this financial analyst position?

► Where do you hope your finance career takes you in the next five years?

► How much money do you expect to earn in the next five years and 10 years?

► How can your personal career goals help our company achieve its goals?

► What was the biggest mistake you made in your job?

► What profitability models have you used for forecasting a project? Which model do you consider to be the best one, based on your experience?

► Describe a situation when you had to meet a tight deadline?

► Describe a situation, when you had problems to communicate something to your boss or to your colleague?

► What was the worst financial forecast you made?

► Describe a situation when you were under pressure in work. How did you handle it?

► Why do you want to become a financial analyst?

► What do you want to accomplish on this position?

► Where do you see yourself in five years time?

► What motivates you?

► Why should we hire you?

► What are your strengths and weaknesses?

► Why did you apply for a position with this organization?

► Why would you like to work for us?

► Can you tell me what you know about our company?

► What qualities do you have that make you a better hire for our company than your competition?

► What experience or knowledge do you bring to the table that will help our company improve or grow?

► What challenges do you expect to experience in this company's financial analyst role?

► Tell me about yourself?

► What are your biggest strengths?

► Why did you leave your last job?

► What are your career goals?

► Why do you want to work here?

► What is your greatest weakness?

► What do co-workers say about you?

► Are you applying for other jobs?

► What activities did you enjoy the most?

► What classes did you enjoy the most? The least?

► In what courses did you get the worst grades? Why?

► Are your grades a good measure of your ability?

► Give me an example of a problem you've had at school and how you solved it?

► How does your degree prepare you (a) for a career in [industry] or (b) to excel as a [job title]?

► What professional certificates are you going to take part in?

► What do you know about our organization?

► What kind of salary are you looking for?

► How long would you expect to work for us if hired?

► Do you know anyone who works for us?

► Why should we hire you?

► What Is Your Dream Job

► What are you looking for in a job?

Maybe in about twenty years, but by then, I suspect you'll be running the entire company and will need a good, loyal lieutenant to help you manage this department!

► What courses do you taking part in?

► What qualifications do you have beyond academics that qualify you t o make a successful transition into business?

► If you could start again, what major would you choose?

► Why are you applying for a job in a field other than your major?

► What did you learn from your summer jobs?

► What extracurricular activities were you involved in?

► Why did you choose your's major?

► Why did you change majors?

► Screening Interview

► Phone Interview

► Stress interview

► Group Interview

► Panel Interview

► Lunch (Breakfast) Interview

► Behavioral Interview

► Case Interview or Situational Interview

► One-on-One Interview

I consider myself ambitious, but I'm also practical. As long as I am continuing to learn and grow within my position, I'll be a happy camper. Different companies promote people at different rates, and I'm pretty confident that working for you will keep me motivated and mentally stimulated for several years to come.

I am extremely impatient. I expect my employees to prove themselves on the very first assignment. If they fail, my tendency is to stop delegating to them and start doing everything myself.

To compensate for my own weakness, however, I have started to really prep my people on exactly what will be expected of them.

As a career-changer, I believe that I'm a better employee because I've gained a lot of diverse skills from moving around. These skills help me solve problems creatively.

After I recuperated from the shock both times, it made me feel stronger. It's true that I was fired twice, but I managed to bounce back both times and land jobs that gave me more responsibility, paid me more money, and were at better firms.

The morale here is very high. I've been exposed to the "seamy underbelly" of this business, but I'm still passionate about working in it.

If you aren't good at "managing up," you rarely get the opportunity to "manage down." Fortunately, I've always been quite good at self-management. I've never had a deadline that I didn't meet.

I work pretty long hours most of the time. With the extra time, I try to find ways to "add value" to each assignment, both my own and the firm's. When our clients read our reports, I want them to think that no one else could have possibly written them, except for our company.