Please give details of what exactly you do?
I am an analyst in a strategic planning and control department on corporate side in a bank.
Being an analyst I can say that this is a tough question because of the “exactly” in the question but I will try.
I and my colleagues are working on monitoring the results of the company, on products, on people, on geographic areas and on segments.
We are also working on the budgets, on the internal targets, on the CRM, and other internal projects.
What sort of company do you work for, how many employees does it have etc?
A bank with more than 2000 employees & more than 200 branches.
What part(s) of your job do you really enjoy?
Developing new (and useful) reports and the feedback on those reports.
Optimizing the flows of work inside the department.
What part(s) of your job do you really dislike?
Not having time to do the “enjoying part”, doing things in a rush, without understanding why and what is the purpose of the work.
What software/special language do you use?
Software: Access, Excel, VBA, Outlook
Language: English and mother language
Who, within or outside the company, gives you tasks to do etc.?
1. We have yearly known tasks: budgets, targets, etc … so knowing them I can say that it is not a surprise when I begun to work on those projects
2. My boss
To whom do you report?
To my boss (I have 2 bosses till the Vice-president)
With whom do you interact most often?
CFO, network
How many phone calls you do you receive/make a week?
Receive: ~ 25 phones / week
Make: ~ 5 – 10 phones / week (except the projects which implies communication by phone)
How many emails do you receive/make a week?
Receive: 150 mails (useful) + 100 mails automatic moved to some folders to use only if needed.
Make: 50 – 100 mails (except when we are sending files in the network on specific projects)
How many meetings do you attend a week?
2-3 meetings / week
What does excellence mean in your domain?
Understanding what you do, why you do, for whom you are doing it.
Doing what you do easily, happy and understanding a report 2-3 years after it was made.
What does incompetence mean in your domain?
I don’t know.
Describe a tough day.
To have a dead line in 2 days. To be able to do the project in 3 days => over time.
To receive 10 phones calls / 20 emails from different people asking some urgent information that can be send, but take some time. To postpone all of them.
The boss to come with other urgent projects that you have to do. The requested info not to be available and to ask for it / search it in the system … etc.
PC not working well…
Describe a good day.
To have something to do (a project / a report etc. ) that is not urgent – deadline in 1 week or if it is development in 1 month. Working on this project ½ day,
¼ day learning and searching new ways to improve work.
¼ answering e-mails.
Leaving bank on time, in a good spirit.
With whom do you have conflicts?
I don’t have conflicts.
What makes you happy in your work?
A good day. To be appreciated, increases in salary. Good news.
How are you evaluated?
By respecting the deadlines, by ending the projects.
Doing my targets.
Network satisfaction.
How many years might a person do this job?
Forever, depends on the person, on the self motivation part, on the expectations, on how bored or not his work appears to himself.
How many years does one have to study to do this job?
Max. 1 year. + 3 months
Excel 2 months / Access 6 months/ Economics 3 months / Communications 1 month
3 months on working on the job
1 month = full working on that purpose.
What kind of training are you offered?
Communications, leadership, customer care etc.
What does your boss do?
More involved on projects, defining deadlines,
What do your subordinates do?
I don’t have. (We are working in teams and we split some work in parts)
What does it take to get fired from this job?
I don’t know. I suppose:
- not to respect the confidentiality part.
- Not to work
- not to be respectful at all.
What do you have to do to get promoted from this job?
Develop new reports tools and presenting them well.
Doing really good optimized job.
What did you do before doing this job?
MBA.
What could you do after this job?
Maybe some consultancy or team leader.
Writing, traveling.
Could you do this job in other country?
Yes
How do you dress for work?
Pants and a shirt.
Good business shoes.
How many hours do you work a week?
40-48 hours / week (except urgent projects if case)
How often do you do overtime?
1-2 / week (but in general not very long overtime ½ hour – 2 hours)
Do you go out to have lunch?
Not really, maybe 2 / month
Do you have friends at work?
Some
Are you happy with how much you earn?
I am not happy but also I am not stressed and striving for more.
What other job do you think you would love?
1. With more money
2. On trading part (treasury)
3. My own boss
4. Something not to use a PC.
How did you end up doing this job?
I liked it.
What would you change to make your job more beautiful?
Work less (4 days / week or maybe short Friday)
Would you recommend this job to your kids?
Yes.
Are you happy with this job?
Yep.
