Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Interview Questions
Go Back1. What skills do you use to cope with the day to day stress and pressure on the job?
2. If you were asked to review a colleague's code that they had written, what key things would you look for?
3. What do you feel is one of the top issues that is faced by data engineers today?
4. What tools do you currently use to help you be a more efficient and effective Business Analyst?
5. To get a sense of how you will handle internal auditing processes here at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, what do you feel are important tasks to do once an audit is finished?
6. If hired here at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, what do you feel would be the biggest hurdle for you to overcome from the start?
7. What experience do you have that will lead to you being an effective liaison between many teams here at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco as a Project Analyst?
8. What experience do you have in the different types of software maintenance?
9. Do you have experience writing a custom exception in Java?
10. What programming languages would you consider yourself fluent in?
11. How do you ensure that you have a healthy work-life balance in your career?
12. Leading change into the future will be important for this role here at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. What are the main challenges that leaders face while trying to implement change in the workplace?
13. What software analysis and design tools do you have familiarity working with?
14. At Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, we expect our Business Analysts to put extra emphasis into the risk management aspects of their project work. How have you performed risk mitigation and risk avoidance in your previous roles as a Business Analyst
15. A key task in this role with Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is assessing an organization's weighted average cost of capital. Are you familiar with WACC calculations and when have you used them in the past if you are?
16. If hired for this position as an Economist with Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, we would look to you for global economic insights. What one global trend to you feel will heavily impact financial markets in the next ten years?
17. The staff at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco are often targets of advanced phishing threats. Explain your experience in helping to prevent phishing attacks and how you can help benefit our team with that experience.
18. As a Business Analyst at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, you will be tasked with working with diverse teams of stakeholders on different projects. How do you handle stakeholders that are difficult and bullheaded?
19. To help us understand your need for initial training and orientation in this role with Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, can you tell me what financial software you have familiarity working on?
20. List the top 3 skills that you have acquired in your last role.
21. At Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, we expect our Economists to give regular presentations and updates to our advisory staff. What experience do you have presenting in front of a captive audience?
22. What do you feel is one unique skill or trait that you could bring to the auditing team here at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco?
23. At Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, cybersecurity is priority number one in this role. What DLP tools are you familiar with that will help prevent any types of data breaches?
24. If hired for this position here at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, would you be comfortable handling overall project manager responsibilities for new software development?
25. What do you consider to be a good litmus test for when you would automate a test process for a new system versus testing manually?
26. How long will it take you to make a meaningful contribution to our team at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco?
27. As you reflect back on your career to this point in your search for a new position, what would you say is your ideal work environment or culture?