I applied through college or university. I interviewed at PIMCO (Newport Beach, CA)
Interview
Interviewers were impersonal and prickly. Interview questions were hard and wide ranging, from drilling down into company-specific fundamentals to top-down views on interest rates and asset allocation. Felt like there was already some bias towards certain candidates who might have had some prior connections/relationships.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is duration / convexity? What is "roll down"? Can you give me an example of a security with negative convexity?
Video interview followed by 4 online interview super day. Relatively speedy process but not great in terms of talking about Pimco and the work there. Was all remote. Didn’t love the feel of the culture, not a huge amount of excitement for their work
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a business model you like and assess its credit quality
CV screen, then zoom interview with the team. asked general marco economics questions. Did not get further rounds. If you have second round, should expect more technical and specific questions.