Hi guys, I have interviews with Onatario Teachers’ Pension Plan-Teachers’ Private Capital-Infrastructure Group and Quantitative Analytics(Risk Analytics) Canada Pension Plan Investment Board- Derivatives Analyst What kinds of interview questions should I expect for these position? Especially Risk Analytics and Derivatives position? Can anybody help me? Many Thanks~
uh, what would you be doing for them?
TPC-Infrastructure Group As a Teachers’ Private Capital - Infrastructure Group, Student you will be involved in assisting the team in analyzing potential investment opportunities and managing currently owned investments. Your role will include: • assisting in all aspects of the investment and deal process including financial modeling, analyzing key value drivers and risks, due diligence exercises, valuations, presentations and reports • reviewing and analyzing financial reports, budgets, board books and other information prepared by management of our assets • preparing reconciliations and/or variance analysis relating to our investments (e.g. budget to actual, bid model forecasts to operating budgets) • assisting in ensuring compliance with Portfolio Guidelines Risk Analytics As a Risk Analytics Co-op you will learn about the risk calculation process and methodology of a leading edge risk management department. You will be involved in the analysis of risk factor’s impact on product/portfolio risk changes, providing quantitative support for various new products’ pricing calculation, being engaged in “what-if” simulation process if necessary, and being empowered to make improvements to the risk calculation operational process. You will gain knowledge in understanding drivers of market risk changes, investment product pricing model, improve skills in SQL and VBA coding, and apply math/computer science/business knowledge in a hands-on environment. As a Derivative Systems Project Delivery Co-op you will participate as part of a project delivery team, in delivering solutions to both the Trading Desks and Investment Finance, for all aspects of derivatives trading and risk management. You will be involved in all aspects of project delivery, including configuration, data conversion, valuations. Extensive knowledge will be gained with both vanilla and complex derivatives. CPP-Derivatives Role Specific Accountabilities: • Perform various derivative operational functions; which include trade capture, accounting, valuations, reporting, and cash related processes • Cultivate various internal and external contracts • Participate in various departmental projects as assigned. • Assist with preparing and maintaining process documentation for various derivative investment functions • Ensure continuity by providing cross training at the end of the assignments • Other special projects or duties as assigned
These are internship positions. They probably don’t care if you know anything about anything, just want to learn stuff about capital markets and do crap work.
However, they do ask a lot of technical questions. I’m just worried about that. Any advice on questons?
Just make sure they like you, ask questions and show that you are eager to learn. Looks like a good opportunity to me. Good luck.
steve0721 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > However, they do ask a lot of technical > questions. > I’m just worried about that. > Any advice on questons? They aren’t going to ask you any technical questions. If they do, answer them if you can. Otherwise ask for the answer and be interested.
I did the interviews with other positions with OTPP and CPP and even though it’s a internship position, they really did ask a lot of technical questions. For TPC other position, such as -walk me throough Valution methodologies including DCF, Precedent Transation, comparable companies analysis. -What is the trends of PE industry? -Tell me about recent LBO transactions -what kinds of characteristics are good target for LBO? -EBITDA, FCF -how to calculate? I’m scared about what kinds of other questions they will ask in infrastructure group and risk analytics departments.
see if you can get a hold of the vault guide for financial interviews, it really helped me… go through it several times if you can