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Bilkent Students, Kübra Arslan (ECON/IV) and Murat Büyümez (IE/IV) will work in the
department of Operations, Finance and Business Management at the London Office of JP
Morgan. Following is a short interview with Arslan and Büyümez.
How were you informed about applying for a job?
We were informed by KAYİYEM and emails from the university that JP Morgan was coming to
our university for a meeting in November of 2006. After the meeting on campus, we applied
to JP Morgan via the Internet for jobs offered at the end of the November.
What steps did you go through leading up to the offer of a position?
After applying online via the Internet, we passed the first step and the company sent us
essay questions. After the essay questions, we took two more tests, one numerical and one
verbal. Passing those two tests advanced us to the interview stage. Throughout Turkey,
only 52 students had the chance to be interviewed by the company. At the interview, JP
Morgan tested our leadership abilities; our ability to do group work, our social ability
and they asked why we had applied for the job. At the end of the interview, we also
completed a small case study. Several more interviews followed and we recently learned
that we were among those candidates qualified to work at JP Morgan.
What are the benefits of being a Bilkent student when you applied for this
particular job?
The most important thing is that the company did not want an English test from us because
they believe in the excellent English education we receive at Bilkent. During our
education at Bilkent, we gained problem solving skills, presentation techniques and
analytical thinking which placed us ahead of the other students in the job application
process.
Efsun Tümer (IE/III)
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