Key Skills For Risk Management Professionals

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Key Skills For Risk Management Professionals

Limited seats available and first come first serve basis. *Registration fee of $30 applicable.

Overview

This workshop equips students with the skills to perform well at job interviews. We will focus on jobs in banking and finance industry. It prepares students for the different format of interviews and frequently asked interview questions. There will two practice sessions and a live demonstration of an interview. They will also learn how to prepare themselves ahead of the interview.

Course Outline

What to do before and after an interview

• How to dress up for interview
• Personal grooming
• Personal hygiene
• Body language

Importance of first impression Tool kit to bring for job interview

• Black Scholes pricing model in Excel
• Yield Curve Construction / Bootstrapping
• Pitchbook

10 most frequently asked interview questions

Preparing for different type of interviews

• Video
• Phone
• Face-to-face
• Over drinks / meals
• Group interview vs one-to-one
• Superday / assessment centres
• Interviewing with VP vs MD
• Interviewing with HR vs Line Manager

Assignments

• Complete Linkedin profile
• Record a one-minute video introducing yourself
• Mock interviews

Understanding the type of skills interviewers look for in different roles

• Sales & Trading
• Structuring
• Risk management
• Investment banking
• Private banking
• Relationship managers

Speaker Bio

Eric is an Adjunct Associate Professor at HKUST and a guest lecturer at Renmin University MSc in Finance program where he teaches Communications & Finance. Determined to help young professionals to be productive at work and successful in life. Eric founded Institute of Life (www.iol.life/events) in 2016. He writes regularly about career and life skills for his 2.5m million Linkedin followers from around the world.

Eric is former Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank Asia where he ran the risk and financing solutions business based out of Hong Kong. Before joining UBS, Eric was with Citi for 8 years heading up its Structured Solutions business based out of Singapore, Shanghai and Hong Kong. From 1997 to 2001, he was a market risk manager with Standard Chartered Bank. Last year, efinancialcareers featured Eric's successful 22-year banking career.