WRITTEN TEST
- Aptitude
- English
- Basic Finance
- Short Essay Writing (Generally the topics are trending or related to finance e.g. Employment)
- Psychometric Test or Personality Test
GROUP DISCUSSION: NO
SKILLS REQUIRED
- Excel
- The basic idea about accounting statements and relative valuation methodology
INTERVIEW GUIDELINES
Majorly in off-campus opportunities, JP Morgan may also ask candidates to record basic video answers on platforms like HireVue. This is majorly for highlighting your experiences, skills, and interest in the role.
Round 1: Technical Round
- What is DCF?
- Different tranches of debt
- Provide an example of when you sought out relevant information and used it to develop a plan of action (STAR).
- Basic Finance and relative valuation of a company
- Accounting Statements
- Relation between the statements
- Describe the lifecycle of a swap?
- What are commodity prices?
Round 2: HR Round
- Why did you apply for the role?
- What is your greatest weakness?
- Tell me about yourself.
- Why you are a good fit for this position?
- How can you console a sad employee?
- Why would you be a good fit for this role?
- What are your Long Term Goals
- Why do you want to leave your current job?
- Let's consider you have important work to finish and at the same time you have personal commitments. What will you do?
- Why come into a Non-Core field when you are doing engineering?
- How can you add value to the firm?
Resume Questions
- What makes JP Morgan different from other banks and the financial industry as a whole?
- Why JP Morgan? Tell me about a time you worked in a tea.?
- Describe a project where you sought relevant information, the actions you took, the analysis, and the results?
- What are your biggest weaknesses?
- Tell something about yourself
- Why join JP rather than a private equity group
- Tell us about yourself, future ambitions
- Why banking?
- Will you be willing to relocate to the southern part of the country?
MPLOYEE.ME TIPS
- While JP wants to know about you, you should get to know them too, be sure to think of some questions to ask!
- Courses Preferred: Basic courses on financial management from Coursera
- Proficiency in financial and business terminologies
- There is inner shortlisting in the PPT round of JP after the test. Be active and ask questions, and raise queries during training presentations.
- Courses preferred: Tableau, Advanced Excel
- Knowledge of the firm and the current market gives an edge in the interview