"There's an art to conducting a good job interview - especially for high-stakes, high-intensity roles on Wall Street. Hiring managers have to make a spot-on assessment of candidates they don't know in a short amount of time for roles that can impact their bottom line in a big way. So how do leaders at the top financial firms do it? It's all about asking the right questions."
""I like to ask people to pitch me an idea. It can be a single stock, it can be a company, it can be a macro idea - I don't care what it is. It can be public, it can be private. But I really want to think about how they communicate, because for what I do, there's an art to how information is transmitted," she said."
Three senior Wall Street executives use targeted, nonstandard questions to evaluate candidates for high-stakes roles that affect firm outcomes. Interviewers seek insights into communication style, clarity of thought, conviction, and composure under pressure. Asking candidates to pitch an idea reveals how they structure arguments, handle challenging follow-ups, and transmit information effectively. Interview approaches prioritize behavior-revealing prompts over rehearsed responses to surface personality, decision-making process, and real-time problem solving. The hiring focus is on practical demonstration of skills and thought process rather than memorized or predictable answers.
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