why i want this role, what my motivations and hobbies are where i am on my degree, the modules ive done and relevant work experience, then what i actually know about the company
Valuation Associate Interview Questions
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Prior examples of Value Engineering work, How to deal with difficult customers, What if a customer does not give you all the information you need to do your job, what would people say about you if asked.
How do you organize your time? This position requires superior time management and organization skills, how would you handle your workload?
What is your biggest character flaw? How do you form your morals?
You have a bag of coins, 3 nickels, 2 dimes, and 1 coin with no value. what is the probability that there is a difference in value of the coins of 5 cents if you remove two coins from the bag? Stone drops into a pool and makes a ripple that has a radius that expands at 3 ft/sec. what is the rate at which the area is changing at 10 seconds? if a dice lands on an even number you get paid $15 if it lands on odd you have to pay $5 calculate the sharp ratio of this given a zero% risk free rate? calculate the fair value of an option on a stock that is worth $100 today and will be worth $110 or $95 tomorrow? the option expires tomorrow. Also asked what I knew about the firm before the stat and probability questions. and then asked about my resume after the technical questions.
What is you opinion of the market?
Why does volatility smile/skew? What is the difference between a futures contract and a forward contract? How will this cause the prices to be different (e.g. last gold ED)? If you are long a FRA and short a ED future with the same fixing dates, do you have positive convexity or negative convexity?
Long a forward, short a Eurodollar futures, do you get a positive or negative convexity?
What's the theoretic limit for a contango? What about backwardation?
What market characteristics are most advantageous to the owner of a storage facility?
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