I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at PIMCO in Oct 2014
Interview
1st round phone interview. consist of resume overview and macro economy based questions. be prepared to asked to talk about whats going on in the world. then make sure you know what duration is.
2nd round 1hr phone interview. Very macro and technical based. talk about the economy, whats going on the in world? talk about every part of the world and give mean input and risk. What in convexity and securities that exhibit negative convexity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
talk about the economy, whats going on the in world? talk about every part of the world and give mean input and risk. What in convexity and
After applying, I spoke to the hiring manager on the phone. This followed with an asynchronous Hirvue, then I had a first round with someone on the team. Finally, the second round was 3 30-minute interviews back to back.
Hirevue interview was fairly easy, they asked 8 questions, 1 was about FI, the others were mainly behavioral and the last was open ended. it wasn't hard, but you should know what is happening around the world.
long process. I met over 10 people in total for the process up to the final. Last is one of the APAC MD - interview itself is not technical and not difficult. Just an average question. During the whole process I met many Directors of sales, They are always asking me to ask questions, One time, the Head started to the interview by asking "is there anything you wanna ask?" So do prepare with lots of insightful questions that make you stands out.