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Second Interview with HR |
| Message Name: |
Answers for CareerKeysMan |
| Date Posted: |
07/21/2002 |
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1. When did you originally apply?
2. What is your present/most recent position?
3. What is the 10% you believe you lack?
4. What, if anything, have you been able to learn from your friend who works there about the process and how close he or she believes your qualifications are what they are looking for -- and what do they base their belief on? Do they know the hiring manager? Why the position is open, how it's been open etc.?
5. How long have you been in the workforce?
6. What would you say makes you especially suitable as a good fit?
7. What could someone there say is the biggest "hole" in your qualifications for the job?
8. Did the HR person give you any hint of what their sense of urgency is to fill the position? To your knowledge, is it a "critical" one --- meaning do they have someone else fulfilling its duties right now, or is the work piling up? If this is a sales position, how much revenue would you estimate they are "losing" by having the position vacant?
Post your answers if you would like some feedback.
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| Message: |
1. I applied about 2 weeks ago.
2. I work in Equity Derivatives Sales & Trading as a Trading Assistant, i.e. not full trader. Want to move to this dream job in Fixed Income Sales & Trading as "Junior Trader", she says it's an "entry level", i.e. experienced traders would not be interested, but from what the job description says, it's definitely a step up from what I'm doing that's for sure.
3. The 10% I lack is simply my experience is in equities, but not credit products.
4. One major qualification is that this this "entry level" position will eventually evolve into a revenue generating position ($300K) and person is expected to perform. That's always the bottom line isn't it, in S&T production is tops, doesn't matter what school you went to, how you look, etc,...
5. I'm a junior guy with 1 year front office desk experience, and 3 years back and midoffice experience.
6. My enthusiasm for the job, my other S&T experience. My lust to get the job done and become a major producer.
7. Big "hole", ... maybe my lack of programming experience, but the job description did say that knowing Perl, C and VB was an "asset" and not a "requirement".
8. HR didn't indicate much, only that there have been tons of applicants, when I attempted to get more info. that's when I got a vibe that I was starting to annoy her with all my questions.
Thanks for you input and anyone elses, I appreciate it and wish me luck next week, hopefully I get a call from her, but what's been indicated, competiton will be fierce !!!!!
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