Why have you chosen to apply to this particular role and why at Barclays? (300 words maximum)*
I am a talent person who wants to change the world so I want to be an investment banker. I want to use the power of money to change this world to a better direction. Raising capital for great companies with great ideas can make our world even better. Great companies have great ideas but they lack money to make their ideas achieved. I am the person who wants to work with talent executives to accelerate their speed to change the world. Furthermore, working with great companies to let them go to IPO can help our whole society. Common people can buy great companies’ stocks and share profits of these companies. After doing investment banking for approximately …show more content…
My dream is work with people with great ideas and let their ideas to change the world. My dream exactly matches with Barclays’ purpose. Driving by this value, I invested Xinlong City Real Estate Program at Futai Real Estate Co., Ltd. Secondly, Barclays puts its clients and customers at the center, which also fits my value. For example, when I was in China, I got a summer internship in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. As a Financial Manager Assistant, I mainly engaged in selling wealth management products. During my time there, I was curious about why some professional salespersons performed worse than some non-professionals. After several weeks’ investigation, I found that a large percentage of people who bought wealth management products did not have any background knowledge about finance. So if a salesperson gave some technical information that the consumer didn’t understand, the customer wouldn’t buy the product. However, a salesman who could clearly explain how the product would benefit the client usually was more successful in making sales. So I think as a salesperson, I should take my time to understand customers’ needs and always try to surpass their expectations. After learning that, I changed my selling style and became one of the five best salespersons in the bank. Even though I was a new trainee, for about two weeks I independently led a team to sell financial products by using this strategy. At one of our monthly meetings, I also gave a presentation about how to use selling strategies to win customers. During this internship, my team and I sold financial products totaling
I am a talent person who wants to change the world so I want to be an investment banker. I want to use the power of money to change this world to a better direction. Raising capital for great companies with great ideas can make our world even better. Great companies have great ideas but they lack money to make their ideas achieved. I am the person who wants to work with talent executives to accelerate their speed to change the world. Furthermore, working with great companies to let them go to IPO can help our whole society. Common people can buy great companies’ stocks and share profits of these companies. After doing investment banking for approximately …show more content…
My dream is work with people with great ideas and let their ideas to change the world. My dream exactly matches with Barclays’ purpose. Driving by this value, I invested Xinlong City Real Estate Program at Futai Real Estate Co., Ltd. Secondly, Barclays puts its clients and customers at the center, which also fits my value. For example, when I was in China, I got a summer internship in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. As a Financial Manager Assistant, I mainly engaged in selling wealth management products. During my time there, I was curious about why some professional salespersons performed worse than some non-professionals. After several weeks’ investigation, I found that a large percentage of people who bought wealth management products did not have any background knowledge about finance. So if a salesperson gave some technical information that the consumer didn’t understand, the customer wouldn’t buy the product. However, a salesman who could clearly explain how the product would benefit the client usually was more successful in making sales. So I think as a salesperson, I should take my time to understand customers’ needs and always try to surpass their expectations. After learning that, I changed my selling style and became one of the five best salespersons in the bank. Even though I was a new trainee, for about two weeks I independently led a team to sell financial products by using this strategy. At one of our monthly meetings, I also gave a presentation about how to use selling strategies to win customers. During this internship, my team and I sold financial products totaling