Summer Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at PIMCO with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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Got invited for first-round phone interview. Before the interview they would send some materials on the basics of fixed income concepts, which you would be asked to read through before the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you know about PIMCO and what are you interested in this role?
If there’s a bond with a 5-year duration and its yield increases by 0.5%, how would its price change?
What is a credit default swap?
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at PIMCO (London, England)
Interview
There were multiple stages. In the first stage it was less formal, but gradually got more formal and harder in the later interviews. Got to know technicals and market knowledge.
Phone interview which was very technical. Resources were sent before the interview but interviewer went on to different topics too. Organisation around the interview was clear and people were pleasant to speak to.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain implication of treasury yields on wider credit markets
First round was a video interview with mostly behavioural questions. Second round are 4 1v1 interviews with VP, with both behavioural and technical questions, mainly focus on fixed income investment and news. Never hearing back from the HR, super slow process