I was interviewed last year.
No technical questions. You will have a short chat with the program director, talking about some general questions.
For example, why study MAF, why smu, what is your current work, do you have enough time for studying, what's your future plan, and etc.
Suggestions: be very familiar with your resume, prepared to answer any questions from your resume, and prepare 3-5 questions to ask at the end of the interview (you may have time to cover 2 or 3 of them).
我3月20号面试,23号网上查的说进了.面试不是很难,问题和二楼说的差不多,没有专业问题,主要就是motivation to take MAF, why MAF in SMU, current job duties,来来回回就那么几个问题,我去之前就准备好怎么答了,硬是从marginal case拉了上来,所以楼主准备一下的话问题不大的
question for eetofin, have you taken that program, if you did, how is your evaluation on that, cheers!
我3月20号面试,23号网上查的说进了.面试不是很难,问题和二楼说的差不多,没有专业问题,主要就是motivation to take MAF, why MAF in SMU, current job duties,来来回回就那么几个问题,我去之前就准备好怎么答了,硬是从marginal case拉了上来,所以楼主准备一下的话问题不大的
question for eetofin, have you taken that program, if you did, how is your evaluation on that, cheers!
恭喜pemerson。请问你是什么background？ 针对这些问题，我今天晚上好好准备一下。
背景较弱,TP,ADELAIDE U,工作刚一个月,小公司
IELTS 8 (估计用处不大)
GMAT比较差,660,不过PROGRAM DIRECTOR居然说是因为GMAT还不错才给我面试机会的,汗...还跟我说如果录取的话,叫我好好努力,回报他们的信任,要是G好的的话估计就没这么多怪话了,自责ing...
楼主的背景肯定不错吧,NTU or NUS?
To pemerson:
I was admitted into SMU MAF but didnot take it. I chose MFE instead.
MAF and MFE are for different career paths, as I mentioned before.
背景较弱,TP,ADELAIDE U,工作刚一个月,小公司
IELTS 8 (估计用处不大)
GMAT比较差,660,不过PROGRAM DIRECTOR居然说是因为GMAT还不错才给我面试机会的,汗...还跟我说如果录取的话,叫我好好努力,回报他们的信任,要是G好的的话估计就没这么多怪话了,自责ing...
楼主的背景肯定不错吧,NTU or NUS?
我是上海的sjtu，IELTS 6，GMAT 700。今天上午去面试了，3个人一组。自己感觉很一般，还不知道会不会被录取。还是不想这个问题了，做工先。
今天去网上查一下，也进了。
刚开始没有登陆去application的那个网页，什么都没有，以为没有被录取。后来才发现要去另一个地方查的。虚惊一场！
Many thanks to eetofin...
恭喜楼主,凭你的G他们不收你才怪呢,去年的平均分好象才六百多
不过你的面试怎么是三个人的,我去的那天都是一对一的,难道是报名人多了或者是他们在赶时间,不过我看了一下,application deadline整整延迟了一个月,前面一种可能性比较小,所以貌似PROGRAM DIRECTOR最近比较忙啊...对了,楼主打不打算去呢?
Many thanks to eetofin...
恭喜楼主,凭你的G他们不收你才怪呢,去年的平均分好象才六百多
不过你的面试怎么是三个人的,我去的那天都是一对一的,难道是报名人多了或者是他们在赶时间,不过我看了一下,application deadline整整延迟了一个月,前面一种可能性比较小,所以貌似PROGRAM DIRECTOR最近比较忙啊...对了,楼主打不打算去呢?
我GMAT的作文分很差的，才3.5分，都是背模板害的啊。
我只报了SMU，没有别的选择，已经在网上register了。当初的考虑是：NTU对我这个上班族来说太远了，而且part-time要2年的时间，也没有计划full-time。所以我就选择了SMU，我只要有个master degree + CFA CERTIFICATE，能跨入金融行业就行了，以后还是要靠自己努力的。如果我是读full-time的话，应该会选择NTU的MFE的。
面试的时候，director说人太多了，一对一忙不过来，只好三个人一起面试。我们问工作小姐为什么延迟了一个月，她回答是报名人不是太少了，而是太多了，到现在为止已经收到了1500多份申请，不知道是真还是假。不过我发现SMU其他的专业都是3月底的。
To zonquan,
The part-time 2-years study is not a big issue, and it does not mean that you cannot find a finance job until 2 years later. In some aspects, it has advantages compared to full-time 1 year study.
I started my MFE study at NUS from last August, and I had not worked in the financial industry at that time.
In this Feb., I started finding a finance job and interviewed with 3 IBs (2 global leading and 1 regional leading). I got an offer in this month. I need to continue my MFE study for at least one more year. Some of my classmates even found a finance job in last semester, which is their first semester of part-time MFE study.
Yes, part-time study is more intensive when you need to work full-time at the same time, but on the other hand, you may master what you learn in classes better by using them in your daily work.
As for the CFA, I doubt its usefulness for landing a job in the financial industry. Nowadays, too many people take CFA and its value has been decreasing rapidly in the past few years. I know more than 3 people who have passed CFA level 2 but have not found a job. From what I have seen, MFE is more useful than CFA to jump into the financial industry. One reason may be the relatively small number of MFE graduates. Every year, less than 100 MFE graduate from NTU and NUS, while I guess there are hundreds of people who take CFA exams each year.
To tweety0930
No interview for NUS MFE. The application deadline is March 15 and the results come out in May.
To tweety0930, MAF的admission requirement里写的两年工作经验后面加了个Preferred,所以我刚毕业也敢报,而且面试的时候DIRECTOR好象也没问我这方面的硬伤,所以个人感觉没有工作经验问题不大,关键面试好点就行了,如果你想报的话现在还来的及,月底才是报名截止.
如果收了1500份的话好象太夸张了吧,去年收了70多个学生,今年就算扩招,估计也就收一百个,15:1的比例,不是很可信啊...
To zonquan,
The part-time 2-years study is not a big issue, and it does not mean that you cannot find a finance job until 2 years later. In some aspects, it has advantages compared to full-time 1 year study.
I started my MFE study at NUS from last August, and I had not worked in the financial industry at that time.
In this Feb., I started finding a finance job and interviewed with 3 IBs (2 global leading and 1 regional leading). I got an offer in this month. I need to continue my MFE study for at least one more year. Some of my classmates even found a finance job in last semester, which is their first semester of part-time MFE study.
Yes, part-time study is more intensive when you need to work full-time at the same time, but on the other hand, you may master what you learn in classes better by using them in your daily work.
As for the CFA, I doubt its usefulness for landing a job in the financial industry. Nowadays, too many people take CFA and its value has been decreasing rapidly in the past few years. I know more than 3 people who have passed CFA level 2 but have not found a job. From what I have seen, MFE is more useful than CFA to jump into the financial industry. One reason may be the relatively small number of MFE graduates. Every year, less than 100 MFE graduate from NTU and NUS, while I guess there are hundreds of people who take CFA exams each year.
当然是master degree为主，CFA为辅，单单考个CFA对工科背景的人来说用处不大。但是在有master degree的前提下，有个CFA比没有要好一些，感觉就象中国的四六级证书一样。
我也打算读书读到一半的时候去找finance job。。。
To tweety0930,
NUS MFE classes start at 7pm, and NTU MFE and SMU MAF classes start at 6:30pm if I'm correct.
You can tell your boss that you are taking MFE/MAF courses, and if he/she is a nice person, he/she will let you leave earlier when you have class to attend. If you are working in a financial institution, probably your boss will approve that.
To zonquan,
My understanding is that most of SMU MAF courses are designed for taking CFA exams and thus holding this Master degree is much similar to passing CFA exams.
NTU的课程：
Financial Mathematics & Statistics
Finance
Computing
Note:
1. (E) denotes elective courses. All others are core courses.
2. Electives and courses at CMU are subjected to changes.
NUS的课程：
4-credit compulsory modules
4-credit elective modules
SMU的课程：
Term 1
Financial Statement Analysis 1
Financial Statement Analysis 2
Economic Analysis
Quantitative Methods and Statistics
Corporate Finance
Fixed Income Analysis
Derivatives Analysis
Equity Analysis and Portfolio Management
Term 2
Financial Statement Analysis 3
Advanced Quantitative and Economic Analysis
Advanced Equity Analysis
Advanced Fixed Income Analysis
Advanced Derivatives Analysis
Advanced Portfolio Management
Term 3
Electives:
Bank Risk Management
Advanced Corporate Finance
Corporate Risk Management
Corporate Strategy & Financial Performance
Financial Risk Management
Hedge Fund Management
Investment Advisory Service & Wealth Management
Private Equity and Venture Capital Investing
Structured Products
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从所学的课程来看，除了NTU多学了数学以外，其余的东西好像都是差不多。其实最重要的是希望以后能找一个满意的job就行了。
to zonquan,
我应该会去SMU,反正也没报其他的,而且SMU的FACULTY真的是不错,水平怎么样不知道,反正光看毕业的学校就没办法不行注目礼了,新加坡就是钱多,几年工夫硬是砸出来这么个学校,不知道过几年国际声誉会不会扶摇直上
To zonquan,
Donot just look at those course titles. The courses with similar titles may have very different contents.
Generallly speaking, NTU and NUS courses are very similar, and they are different from SMU courses. The main difference is the level of math involved in courses. For example, all 3 univ.s teach fixed income, derivatives, and financial risk management. But NTU and NUS MFE teach more technical issues, more math is used, and some math models will be analyzed so that you can have a deeper understanding of them. Basically, MFE is quantitative and MAF is qualitative.
Another thing: For each course, NUS MFE has 12 classes, NTU MFE has 6 or 7 classes, and SMU MAF has 5 or 6 classes. After some simple calculations, you will find that their total teaching hours are quite close though the numbers of courses differ dramatically.
请问您觉得SMU这个专业感觉怎么样呢，课程压力大吗？
我明年也想申请看看，请多多指教。
smu 还有一个wealth management，因为含实习在里面，估计就业会比较方便。
就是贵了点$48000
我正在两个course之间考虑
哪位可以回答下25楼的问题？“Anybody know where the graduates go for MAF in SMU? How much is the pay for those switching from other background (Engineering with 7 yrs)?”
你好
看你的留言 你好象也是阿大的 我也是的啊 ....真有缘 不过我现在还在BRDFORD上DTB
我以后也想去NUS NTU SMU去读MASTER
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