Pretty rich coming from a place like that but thats the reputation we have. smh
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I’m sure this was posted by a disgruntled employee. Unless the interviewer knows each employee’s background and experience, the interviewer did not say this.
And if it was true,
Also, as bad as USAA has become, I sure wouldn’t want to work for a company, whose interviewer is talking trash of another company.
Please tell me how you got an interview I am trying to get the he-l out of doge
They probably made the statement from experience. Many have moved from USAA to Citi in the last 3-4 years
@lcjh+1vH7DEiD
"Think it was a planned "hostile" interview from the start. The interviewer was one of those "angry career women" with 3 cats probably." Really? I think this post was total BS. I don't believe what you are posting actually happened. Good luck in your career.
Think it was a planned "hostile" interview from the start. The interviewer was one of those "angry career women" with 3 cats probably. Asked about my usaa experience started getting into the conversation about RM and she just blurted out "people that work at USAA dont know anything about risk management" which I thought was an odd statement considering they have been in their consent order for over 4 years and just got fined again in June lol
I am curious about how that statement from the interviewer came to light. Were you both discussing risk, or lack of, at USAA? I agree with the statement, but a little confused on what prompted that type of response during an interview.
Not surprised considering most of that area came from places like that.
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OP here, thanks for this and very well put! I feel sorry for the poor S-B who actually takes the position.
@dnod+1vH7DEiD * suffice it to say that an employer who acts arrogant during an interview very likely doesn't have the most welcoming culture.
I don't care who the employer is in this scenario (within reason); an interviewer talking trash about another employer is a huge red flag. Same rule applies to an interviewee: if they are bad-mouthing their current employer during an interview, that's a bad look.
I had a similar situation happen when I was interviewing at a company several years back. They made some comment about how I was playing in the minor leagues and was fortunate to be interviewing for the "big leagues." They offered me a job, I put in my two weeks, then they reneged on the offer. Thankfully I was on great terms with my then-employer so was able to retract my resignation, but suffice it say that
USAA may or may not have great risk management practices; that's not the point. An employee of Citi of all places has no business casting aspersions about risk management is a true "pot calling the kettle black" situation.
https://www.ft.com/content/22dd2c21-6ebf-4e0e-8bbf-2984429422a7
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/citi-fined-79-mln-by-uk-regulators-over-trading-control-failures-2024-05-22/
https://www.barrons.com/articles/bank-regulators-fine-citi-e3b08ee6?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Could be due to the who you know approach to promotions!
Yet they hired one of our risk person as SVP
Sounds like the interviewer was a USAA alumni….
when first line owns creating the policies and standards it is structurally set up for the fox to guard the h-nhouse. In most banks this is owned by second line to drive independent accountability
USAA is great at talking about creating procedures for maintaining procedures for updating risk controls. Never goes beyond talk though.
USAA is great at creating procedures for maintaining procedures for updating risk controls.
This is sad but true. USAA controls are basically processes with no true measure to regulatory concerns or risk prevention. Writing vague controls to avoid accountability was a common practice while I was there.