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Deutsche Bank

A German bank with an investment bank, a corporate bank, private banking, and the asset manager DWS.

Investment Banking, Sales and Trading

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programs
1
open now
Careers site
ProgramStatus
Summer 2028
  • Investment Banking Summer AnalystIBExpectedmid-December
  • Sales & Trading Summer AnalystS&TNo data yet
Summer 2027 1 open
  • Investment Banking Summer AnalystIBApplyOpen in San FranciscoApply
  • Develop with Deutsche BankIBNo data yet
  • Sales & Trading Summer AnalystS&TNo data yet

How Deutsche Bank recruitscareers.db.com

  1. 1Application

    A short form and a CV written for the job description.

  2. 2Online assessment

    An eligibility check, then sets of online tests, each due within 96 hours.

  3. 3First round

    Outside the UK, Germany, and Asia Pacific, the interview on motivation and skills is live and virtual with the division, roughly six weeks after applying.

  4. 4Superday

    An assessment center or super day, usually in person, with competency exercises, case studies, and a technical interview.

  5. 5Offer

    A call with the outcome and feedback within about a week, then two weeks to decide.

Paraphrased from Deutsche Bank's own page, read Nov 7, 2026.

What they say they look for. Show real interest in the bank and the role, give evidence of impact and leadership with numbers, connect your values to the firm's, and answer competency questions in STAR form.

Practice the Deutsche Bank set

At a glance

Posting now
San Francisco
Industries
Investment Banking, Sales and Trading
Summers
2028, 2027
Last verified
Nov 11

What Deutsche Bank asks19 from public sources

  • What do you know about Deutsche Bank, and why did you choose it?

    HireVue, why this firm. eFinancialCareers, Nov 3, 2023

  • What is a yield curve?

    HireVue, technical. eFinancialCareers, Nov 3, 2023

  • How do you stay current on financial markets and trends?

    HireVue, markets. eFinancialCareers, Nov 3, 2023

  • What do you expect to learn from this programme?

    HireVue, behavioral. eFinancialCareers, Nov 3, 2023

  • What is the most important line or metric on a company's balance sheet?

    HireVue, technical. eFinancialCareers, Nov 3, 2023

14 more from public sources
  • How are banks performing right now compared with their historical norms?

    HireVue, markets. eFinancialCareers, Sep 9, 2026

  • What news story has caught your interest recently, and why?

    HireVue, markets. eFinancialCareers, Sep 9, 2026

  • You are about to give a presentation and feel unprepared. Which responses would be most and least effective?

    HireVue, behavioral. eFinancialCareers, Nov 3, 2023

  • Tell us about a conflict you had on a team and how it was resolved.

    HireVue, behavioral. eFinancialCareers, Sep 9, 2026

  • Would you take on a project you have no experience in, or stick to what you know? Why?

    HireVue, behavioral. eFinancialCareers, Sep 9, 2026

  • How does Deutsche Bank compare with its rivals, and why us over the other banks you applied to?

    First round, why this firm. eFinancialCareers, Sep 13, 2015

  • In a DCF of Apple, what perpetual growth rate would you use for the terminal value, and why?

    First round, technical. eFinancialCareers, Sep 13, 2015

  • What should a company weigh when choosing between equity and debt financing?

    First round, technical. eFinancialCareers, Sep 13, 2015

  • What methods can you use to value a company?

    First round, technical. eFinancialCareers, Sep 13, 2015

  • What risks come with hedging currency exposure?

    First round, technical. eFinancialCareers, Sep 13, 2015

  • Why might a company trade at a high P/E ratio?

    First round, technical. eFinancialCareers, Sep 13, 2015

  • Without a calculator, what is 9.9 divided by 2.8?

    First round, technical. eFinancialCareers, Sep 13, 2015

  • Do you think US Treasuries are overpriced right now?

    First round, markets. eFinancialCareers, Sep 13, 2015

  • Tell me about a time you talked a team out of a bad decision.

    First round, behavioral. eFinancialCareers, Sep 13, 2015

Filed base salaries14 filings

SeatCityFilingsMedianMiddle half
  • Associate, New YorkNew York14$150k median, 14 filings$143k to $165k

Base salary Deutsche Bank filed for full-time H-1B hires in front-office analyst and associate titles, decided Jan 13, 2026 to May 6, 2026. No bonus, and not intern pay. A row needs 5 filings. US Department of Labor disclosure data

Dates by cycle2

  • Summer 2027 Investment Banking Summer AnalystOpened Dec 14, 2025. Public record.
  • Summer 2027 Investment Banking Summer AnalystSeen open from Nov 5, 2026. Open now.

Seen open from is the first day we saw the posting on the firm's own site. A public record is the firm's announcement or a dated student post.

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