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It isn’t useful to memorise or try and find a perfect answer to all of them – more to use them as an example of the types of topics employers are interested in.  \nFit questions  \nQuestions that ask you about your experience, your qualities/attitudes/attributes and your motivation for the role.  \n1. What is your greatest achievement?  \n2. What was your worst experience working in a group?  \n3. What steps do you take to remain resilient under pressure?  \n4. Walk us through your CV.  \n5. How do you work in a team dynamic?  \n6. What would you bring to our team?  \n7. What are your strengths and weaknesses?  \n8. Tell me about a time you missed a deadline.  \n9. Tell us about yourself.  \n10. What are your career goals?  \n11. Why should we not hire you?  \n12. How would your former manager describe you?  \n13. How do you deal with a colleague who isn’t cooperative?  \n14. Tell us about a project you’ve worked on in the past.  \n15. Have you ever been in a role in which you were rated on performance?  \n16. Tell us about a view you have on anything.  \n17. Describe a challenging project you’ve worked on.  \n18. When are you ready to begin the internship?  \n19. What is the hardest decision you’ve ever made?  \n20. How would your friends describe you?  \n21. Tell us about a time you were a team player.  \n22. Have you ever been in an unethical situation during your college or professional career? How did you deal with the situation?  \n23. What motivates you?  \n24. What perspective can you bring to this team?  \n25. How do you handle stress?  \n26. What is some feedback you’ve received, and how did you handle it?  \n27. Where do you see yourself in five years?  \n28. What would your perfect day look like?  \n29. Highlight three things on your CV.  \n30. What was it like working at your former employer?  \n31. Tell me about a time you needed to display superior analytical skills.  \n32. Describe something difficult you’ve accomplished.  \n33. How do you prioritise your work?  \n34. Do you prefer to work alone or in a team?  \n35. How do you evaluate success?  \n36. Explain a time you overcame adversity. Tell us about a time you realised something was wrong.  \n37. Why do you want the job?  \n38. Tell me about a time when you had to go beyond your job to get an issue resolved.  \n39. What was the last book you read?  \n40. What’s a habit that’s annoyed you in a colleague?  \n41. Tell me about yourself without mentioning anything on your CV.  \nRecruitment Essentials  \n42. Why are you interested in financial markets?  \n43. What differentiates you? Tell us something that isn’t on your CV.  \n44. Tell me about a time you had to convince someone.  \n45. What is an achievement you are proud of?  \n46. Tell me about a time when you were confused about details of a request. What steps did you take to clarify things?  \n47. Tell me about a time when you balanced competing priorities.  \n48. Tell me about how you handle constructive criticism.  \n49. Describe a time where you showed teamwork.  \n50. How do you think you can contribute to [our firm]?  \n51. What are your weaknesses-and how can you turn them into strengths?  \n52. Why do you want to work in financial services?  \n53. What is the most unique thing about you?  \n54. What are you looking for in this position?  \n55. What’s something you picked up recently and why?  \n56. Why did you choose the subject(s) you’re studying?  \n57. Tell me about yourself.  \n58. What are your strengths and weaknesses?  \n59. What recent financial discovery has interested you and why?  \n60. How do you prioritise your work?  \n61. What’s been the hardest career choice you’ve had to make?  \n62. What would you do if your team was behind in a task?  \n63. Give an example of a conflict.  \n64. Think about a time when you needed to learn a new skill for an assignment. 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