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If you have received an offer from any top assets management firm than its mean your strategy has worked, and I applaud you for that. Referring to your point, I have been trading over the last 4 years and made healthy return on my portfolio. I agree that Finance background may help with basis but does mean that this is predefined they will make good research analyst or portfolio manager. In financial markets investments one conviction, gut feeling in conjunction with good intuitive research will certainly produce good results.
I have not studied finance & economics degree neither gone to top most university in UK. Unfortunately, my university did not have any investment society for me to participate but I have been top ranked trader in event sponsored by large investment bank in Europe. The only reason I was not called for the interview as per the terms & condition of the competition is still unknown to me but my presumptions is it could be because of their love for hiring Oxford & Cambridge university. In nut shell you made of good point of selling unconventional techniques to these companies, which in hindsight may work best for you. This all comes down to one individual saying something better than its other peer on given day and that can make big difference. My CV and cover letter covers all the aspects that you mentioned above, but my application to interview ratio is still quite low.

I got an invite to the interview for Aberdeen today.

For grad or internship?

intern; you have to have been on their internship to be able to get on their grad scheme.

Congrats, I just got an e-mail "due to the high volume of apps we are still processing your application ..."

Standard Life gallup interview invite.

Same. What is it exactly?

Is it a pre-recorded video interview? It doesn't seem like it is - but I was under the impression that's what Gallup provided, or maybe phone interviews....

Unfortunately I wont have time to do it before Christmas :/

Yes I thought it was a phone interview but from the email it seems to be an online test. Any idea when we have to do it by? Also is it possible to fail this?

Standard Life gallup interview invite.

Same here, I'll probably take it tomorrow.

Still nothing from Schroders... More than 2 months since the last update...

Same invite for me for the Gallup test for SLI.

Got a pretty strange email on Friday from Schroders though.....saying I had failed the online tests?

I find this strange because a.) I got invited to video interview about 5 days after the tests back in October and b.) I found the Schroders tests very straightforward and have had no problems with the tests for other firms.

Anybody else get this email?

Standard Life gallup interview invite.

Same invite for me for the Gallup test for SLI.

Got a pretty strange email on Friday from Schroders though.....saying I had failed the online tests?

I find this strange because a.) I got invited to video interview about 5 days after the tests back in October and b.) I found the Schroders tests very straightforward and have had no problems with the tests for other firms.

Anybody else get this email?

Which division did u apply for? Thanks

Investments - equities