I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PIMCO (Austin, TX) in Feb 2022
Interview
Two interviews- one with a VP and a second, three hour long interview with about 5 employees there of varying status. Took about two weeks to get an answer back, recruiter from PSG was active and helpful
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They will ask about your knowledge on the market, interest in sales, personality, and basic practical application questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at PIMCO in Feb 2025
Interview
I just did my hireview for the company and I wanted to get out all the questions I remember before I forget. Will update if I'm invited to interview/superday. Standard hireview, mostly behavioral (3 out of 4 questions) very client based questions. One technical question about financial markets over the year
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Current financial market trends in the past year and what were the key macro factors
- Brief introduction and why this role
- Talk about a time you had to deliver multiple client based tasks. How did you prioritize, what tools did you use and what was the outcome
- A time you went above and beyond for a client
I applied online. I interviewed at PIMCO (New York, NY) in Jun 2017
Interview
Standard 30 minute initial phone call with a recruiter. Even though we have started the interviewing process mid June, the recruiter wasn't able to connect me with 2 managers for further interviews. It took her 2 weeks to get back to me with a request to connect with those managers and another 2 weeks to only reschedule 4 times even though I was able to accommodate any date and time. At one point when I was confirming my availability I got an automated e-mail that she was out of the office. I didn't hear back until the day when the interview was supposed to be - only to find out we have to reschedule again. I have politely declined another attempt.
PIMCO is a great company but unfortunately this process was more negative than positive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through your resume, tell me more about your latest experience. She then picked specific skills from my resume (negotiation, cold calling and communication) and wanted to hear more about how I've developed them and a situation when the skills were applied.