Portfolio Manager Interview Questions

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Did you inform in advance on how this firm works and on what this position might entails? What are your strong and weak points? Did you cover (...) during your staying at the university? What are your expectations on your possible salary?
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Portfolio Manager

Interviewed at Azienda Elettrica Ticinese

4
Feb 4, 2023

Did you inform in advance on how this firm works and on what this position might entails? What are your strong and weak points? Did you cover (...) during your staying at the university? What are your expectations on your possible salary?

Calculate convexity on various curve trades Calculate volatility on 10yr it’s Given various products, how would you trade them in various market conditions including hedges End to end of mbs (creation to impact from interest rates) What products have positive convexity Calculate duration Trading strategies: bond futures basis - how do you identify the ctd bond (and: highest implied repo rate) and explain the connection to the funding mkts What are the risks of (some) index that I’d never heard of so I didn’t even know what the products that trade in it were so I didn’t know how to evaluate risk Some more index risk related questions Do you know how to code? This is all I remember
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Portfolio Risk Manager

Interviewed at PIMCO

3.7
Apr 11, 2021

Calculate convexity on various curve trades Calculate volatility on 10yr it’s Given various products, how would you trade them in various market conditions including hedges End to end of mbs (creation to impact from interest rates) What products have positive convexity Calculate duration Trading strategies: bond futures basis - how do you identify the ctd bond (and: highest implied repo rate) and explain the connection to the funding mkts What are the risks of (some) index that I’d never heard of so I didn’t even know what the products that trade in it were so I didn’t know how to evaluate risk Some more index risk related questions Do you know how to code? This is all I remember

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