3 execs reveal their go-to hiring question

• Three Finance leaders shared their favorite interview question to assess the use of candidates for jobs.

• EXCS are the inventors of the industry warriors who appeared in hedge funds, banking services and wealth management.

• They avoided questions everywhere in favor of those that help discover candidates’ personalities.

There is an art to conduct a good-special interview for high risks, high-density roles in Wall Street. Recruitment managers must conduct a local evaluation of candidates who do not know him in a short period of time for roles that can affect the summary of the saying in a big way. So how do leaders do in higher financial companies?

The whole thing is about asking the correct questions.

Business Insider spoke with three Wall Street executives via business lines, companies and experiences for an insight into their approach to interviews. We have asked each of them to share the only question that he asks in every interview – and what they hope to learn from him.

We heard from a former work merchant in Citadel and started his hedge box, an old partner and warrior at Goldman Sachs, and CEO runs a wealth management company.

Their answers revealed that they are trying to avoid questions of the clear “stock” that can be predicted in favor of those that help discover the type of person who is the applicant. Their responses were released for length and clarity.

Question: Can you put an idea for me?

Sarah Naison-Tarajano is the global capital of wealth management markets in Goldman Sachs. It runs the company’s APEX family office coverage and the partner family office. Naison-Tarajano began as a trainer in 1999, and she was with the bank her entire career. A partner was appointed, the highest classification of the company below C-SUITE, in 2021.

“I would like to ask people to show me an idea. It can be one arrow, it can be a company, and it can be the idea of ​​Macro – I don’t care what it is. It can be a year, it can be special. But I really want to think about how they communicate, because for what I do, there is an art of the information that is transferred.”

“Then I ask them to follow-up questions that are difficult at times. Sometimes they may not know the answer to them, but how they respond to that, how they deal with pressure, and how they explain their ideas, whether they ask me that they want to return to me and do more-all these things that create a narration that helps me to understand how this person will deal with a little unexpected work.”

Question: How did you control the position of strength to win, not only at work but also in your personal life?