各銀行正求助于行為特征描述來(lái)遴選畢業(yè)生,希望拓寬招聘的高校范圍,并減少隨后跳槽至對(duì)沖基金的新員工人數(shù)。
測(cè)試中可能遇到的詞匯和知識(shí):
behavioural行為的;動(dòng)作的[b?'he?vj?r(?)l]
Ivy League schools常春藤盟校
exposure曝光;揭露[?k'sp????; ek-]
numerical數(shù)值的;數(shù)字的[nju?'mer?k(?)l]
By Laura Noonan
Deutsche Bank is using behavioural profiling when hiring US graduates in a bid to widen the range of colleges it selects from and reduce the number of recruits who later quit to join hedge funds.
Its latest initiative is just one of a number of recruitment techniques investment banks are rolling out as they compete for talent in a world that deems the industry less attractive than it once was.
Barclays is about to launch a new selection process that it says will give candidates a“real insight”into what working at the group is like and allow the bank to tap a broader pool of students.
Citigroup has said it is testing behavioural profiling across its US investment bank. Goldman Sachs is also piloting its own version of profiling but has not yet decided whether to roll it out more widely.
Deutsche’s screening system requires candidates to complete a 20-minute behavioural test when applying for US corporate finance roles. Their results are then compared with a‘fingerprint’based on the test results of the best performing junior staff at Deutsche.
Koru — the Silicon Valley behavioural testing firm that the German bank is working with — can also compare the results of Deutsche’s top juniors against a database of about 30,000 students built up from tests run for other companies. Most of these students are from colleges from which banks do not typically recruit.
Noel Volpe,the Deutsche Bank managing director spearheading the project,said the value of the system was that it provided“the specifics of a candidate who matches certain traits that resonate here with our best and brightest people”.
He claimed the people identified by the Koru tests would be better long-term bets for the bank than the best candidates from Ivy League schools that banks traditionally“fight over”. These candidates often felt“no loyalty to any one firm”,Mr Volpe said,and often played rival banks off against each other.
By weeding these people out in the recruitment process,Deutsche hopes to avoid hiring graduates who soon leave to join hedge funds.“I don’t want the person who’s going to come here,interview at a hedge fund six months in,which is the dynamic in the US,”Mr Volpe said.
Credit Suisse has been using virtual recruiting for graduates since 2010 and,in some countries,hires up to a third of its graduate intake this way.“This effort means we aren’t limiting ourselves in terms of talent sources,but rather attracting a much broader group of students from different backgrounds and schools,”said Andrea Tolchinsky,head of global campus recruiting at Credit Suisse.
In the UK,Barclays is using“contextualised screening”so that candidates from less advantaged backgrounds will get more credit for their exam scores and achievements than better-off graduates.“We want a diverse workforce,”said Jane Clark,head of graduate resourcing and development.“It is good for business and our client base is diverse too.”
1.Which one is not mentioned to hire US graduates with using behavioural profiling?
A. Goldman Sachs
B. Citigroup
C. Merrill Lynch
D. Deutsche Bank
答案(1)
2.How low is the behavioural test for candidates in Deutsche Bank?
A. 20 minutes
B. 40 minutes
C. 20 hours
D. 40 hours
答案(2)
3.Which one is not right about graduates from Ivy League schools as Noel Volpe thought?
A. they always gain popularity though banks
B. they can have job without Koru tests
C. they often feel“no loyalty to any one firm”
D. they may skip from job to job in a short period
答案(3)
4.When did Credit Suisse begin using virtual recruiting for graduates?
A. 2008
B. 2009
C. 2010
D. 2012
答案(4)
(1) 答案:C.Merrill Lynch
解釋:德意志銀行(Deutsche Bank)本月面向一部分美國(guó)大學(xué)畢業(yè)生啟用一套篩選系統(tǒng)?;ㄆ旒瘓F(tuán)(Citigroup)也在其美國(guó)投行部門試驗(yàn)行為特征描述,高盛(Goldman Sachs)正在試運(yùn)行自己的版本。
(2) 答案:A.20 minutes
解釋:德銀現(xiàn)在要求申請(qǐng)美國(guó)企業(yè)融資職位的候選人完成由Koru設(shè)計(jì)的20分鐘行為測(cè)驗(yàn),測(cè)試結(jié)果然后會(huì)被拿去與該行表現(xiàn)最佳的初級(jí)員工的測(cè)驗(yàn)結(jié)果進(jìn)行比對(duì)。
(3) 答案:B.they can have job without Koru tests
解釋:沃爾普表示,常青藤大學(xué)的畢業(yè)生往往沒(méi)有忠誠(chéng)意識(shí)。“我不希望有人到這里來(lái),六個(gè)月后又去某家對(duì)沖基金面試”。
(4) 答案:C.2010
解釋:瑞信(Credit Suisse)從2010年起采用虛擬方法招聘畢業(yè)生,在某些國(guó)家以這種方式招聘三分之一的新人。