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130 inspectors
More than 100 assignments every year in France and abroad
Auditing and advisory assignments
Participating in strategic Group projects
Providing top management with value-added recommendations
The inspector's job
As a Senior Inspector it is your job to be fully or partly responsible for a project,
depending on whether you are assignment leader or deputy assignment leader.
The job consists in organising the workload,
managing a team of 3 to 10 people,
and overseeing the relationship
with our contacts, who are all very high up in their organisations.
At the start, you are mostly assigned tasks related to security -
for example, reviewing accounting and administrative processes,
as well as assessing risks.
Then gradually you are entrusted with more analytical tasks
related to more strategic and commercial areas.
The assignments that I’ve worked on so far have been extremely diverse
and range from advisory services, to auditing, to acquisitions.
A motivating job
What motivates me the most about being an Inspector
are the diversity and the quality of the topics we work on.
Working in young and dynamic teams
is what drives me every day.
The high level of the people we get to meet shortly after joining, who all belong
to the upper management echelons, is a key motivating factor.
You make progress and are given responsibilities
quite quickly within the teams.
You also have a lot of contact with the people undergoing inspection.
I enjoy the international diversity of the job
as well as the freedom of expression permitted in the reports
we send to the General Management.
The entrance examinations
The entrance examinations are quite straightforward.
We had to write an executive summary in French or in English.
The quantitative test did not require any financial or banking knowledge.
There was a standard interview
that included questions on my educational background and work experience.
I have fond memories of this part.
The panel interview was perhaps the most stressful part of the process.
I found myself in front of 3 of the Group’s senior executives
as well as members of the General Inspection.
The interview got off to a gentle start with a general knowledge question
that developed into a discussion, which was followed by questions
regarding my personality, my motivation
and my knowledge of the Group’s businesses.
It was a very challenging experience, but everything went well in the end.
I recommend the General Inspection programme to anyone wanting to get into
finance and banking but who doesn’t want to have to specialise.
I would recommend the programme to motivated and dynamic graduates
who want to gain responsibility early in their careers.
I’m really happy with my career at the General Inspection division
because of the variety of the assignments, the many subjects I’ve dealt with,
and the international aspect that has taken me to Asia,
across Europe and to parts of North Africa.
Of course, it all starts with the entrance exam.
So get your applications in!
Join us at inspection.societegenerale.com