Interview Questions CBRE and APN
Tell me about something you are passionate about? Tell me something not on resume?
- answer-Teaching
-currently a tutor for capital markets
-inspired by guest lecturers
-long term goal is to be a guest lecturer too
-be an ambassador for the industry and recruit more students into property
-"pass on the torch" = had amazing mentors ie jason hay from fort street capital
Tell me about what you do outside of work? - answer-volunteer teacher in czech school
-attend cultural czech events ie. film festival, monthly czech lunches
-it's a small and tight-knit community and important to maintain my czech heritage,
maintain my czech roots which is difficult given how rare the language is and how small
the country is
What is the best constructive feedback/advice you have received? - answer-when
presented with an opportunity, say yes first, figure it out later
-richard branson
-applicable when i've never done this before, am so busy, very last min situations
-just be confident that i am hard-working and intelligent and i will figure it out like other
things and remember that opportunities don't come by often
-just be open to anything
What would you do with 1 mill dollars? - answer-questions to ask: who am i investor for?
what are their requirements, time horizons, risk appetite?
-allocate asset allocation accordingly (10-15% property) due to liquidity constrains and
low availability of good quality stock; plus most funds have this allocation; hedge against
inflation and low correlation
-30/30 aussie and int' equities for diversification purposes and growth
-cash and fixed income for liquidity
measure attribution comparing returns to benchmark, and weighting to benchmark to
identify overweight in underperforming and underweight in overperforming sector
measure volatility by comparing to vix index
What animal would you be? What flower? - answer-chameleon = adaptable to my
surroundings and i can thrive in a variety of situations; i lived everywhere, i adjust fast
and i can hit the ground running immediately to drive results
-tulip = color red is vibrant and vivid and so is my passion
Tell me about something you are passionate about? Tell me something not on resume?
- answer-Teaching
-currently a tutor for capital markets
-inspired by guest lecturers
-long term goal is to be a guest lecturer too
-be an ambassador for the industry and recruit more students into property
-"pass on the torch" = had amazing mentors ie jason hay from fort street capital
Tell me about what you do outside of work? - answer-volunteer teacher in czech school
-attend cultural czech events ie. film festival, monthly czech lunches
-it's a small and tight-knit community and important to maintain my czech heritage,
maintain my czech roots which is difficult given how rare the language is and how small
the country is
What is the best constructive feedback/advice you have received? - answer-when
presented with an opportunity, say yes first, figure it out later
-richard branson
-applicable when i've never done this before, am so busy, very last min situations
-just be confident that i am hard-working and intelligent and i will figure it out like other
things and remember that opportunities don't come by often
-just be open to anything
What would you do with 1 mill dollars? - answer-questions to ask: who am i investor for?
what are their requirements, time horizons, risk appetite?
-allocate asset allocation accordingly (10-15% property) due to liquidity constrains and
low availability of good quality stock; plus most funds have this allocation; hedge against
inflation and low correlation
-30/30 aussie and int' equities for diversification purposes and growth
-cash and fixed income for liquidity
measure attribution comparing returns to benchmark, and weighting to benchmark to
identify overweight in underperforming and underweight in overperforming sector
measure volatility by comparing to vix index
What animal would you be? What flower? - answer-chameleon = adaptable to my
surroundings and i can thrive in a variety of situations; i lived everywhere, i adjust fast
and i can hit the ground running immediately to drive results
-tulip = color red is vibrant and vivid and so is my passion