Got an interview - Sales & Trading - any help appriciated!

[NorthernBoy]

WTD said:

NorthernBoy said:

WTD said:

why do you want to work in trading/sales?
the correct answer is to make money.

it's the be all and end all of the job, so dont make up some bull about enjoying working with people, and making a difference!

no,that is a bad answer. you need to enjoy the job, and money is not sufficient motivation hour by hour. I would not be happy with a candidate who mentioned this.

Didnt do me any harm!

Still not a good idea, and bad advice to give someone. I do not know how much recruiting you do, but most interviewers I have worked with would tend to view it as a negative mark on someone if they gave it as their primary motivation.

[cannedheat]

NorthernBoy said:

Also, buy Liar's Poker and read it all before the interview. Cover to cover. Gives you a bit of a flavour of what people do in banks.

And 'When Genius Failed' - that gives an idea of credit crunches/quants/risk/derivatives...the whole shebang