Financo Interview Questions

18 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (77%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.4
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Interview Difficulty (99%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

3.6
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% Interns - FT Offers (93%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at Financo

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Year 2023
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Consumer - Retail
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2022
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Very Difficult
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Year 2021
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
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Year 2022
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Consumer - Retail
Location New York
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Difficult
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Year 2021
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
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Year 2020
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
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Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
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Location New York
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Difficult
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Year 2020
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
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Location New York
Experience
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Difficulty
Difficult
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Year 2019
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York, NY, USA
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Year 2019
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - Financo Examples

Summer Analyst Interview - Consumer - Retail

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: April 2023
Date Submitted: May 18, 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
First round interview on zoom, with two analysts. One asked technicals while the other took notes, and vice versa for the tell me about yourself/why Financo questions. Overall pretty straightforward. Superday was in NY, started with a lunch, then two technical interviews with 2 employees each. One was an LBO walkthrough, the other was a strategic interview about a potential acquisition of a company that you are familiar with.
Interview Questions
They asked pick a company and tell me about them, then asked what a potential acquirer/acquisition would be for the firm.
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SA Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: July 2022
Date Submitted: Sep 15, 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Group Interview
Interview
Networked with some analysts. They were super nice and helpful with the process. Eventually got invited to a first round.
Interview Questions
M&A case study about furniture
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IB Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: May 2021
Date Submitted: Aug 12, 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Group Interview
Interview
Solid process. Coffee-chatted and straight away got first round. Technical-heavy interview but it was my first so I did stutter.
Interview Questions
Multi-step accounting questions - straightforward.
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Summer Analyst Interview - Consumer - Retail

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: March 2022
Date Submitted: Apr 05, 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Group Interview
Interview
The first round interview was a 30 minute zoom call with 2 members of the team. They asked a good mix of technicals and behaviorals as well as questions like why Consumer & Retail. The superday was 2 30 minute in-person interviews back to back. One was a M&A case study and the other was a more technical paper LBO.
Interview Questions
How do you calculate revenue for a D2C company?
Sample Answer

Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: May 2021
Date Submitted: Jun 28, 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Group Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
Networked with VP, 2a
First round interview with two analysts
Sday with 2 interviews - 1 LBO with analyst, director, 1 case study with VP, MD
Interview Questions
Nothing on LBO - was told to expect paper LBO so prepped it hard.
Case study was more tough, learn your retail-specific business model questions
Difference b/t marketplace/dtc/big box in terms of financial metrics
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Investment banking Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: July 2020
Date Submitted: Aug 27, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I knew someone who worked at the firm and introduced me to the person in charge of recruiting. I had a conversation with him.
Interview Questions
There was nothing tricky, just make sure to know the basics such as why you are interested in ib.
Sample Answer

Intern Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: April 2020
Date Submitted: Jun 23, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Other
Interview
I applied through my school Handshake and recieved an interview with 2 analysts. They were intelligent and asked questions that was out of the book - FCF formula, what situation would a company have negative FCF, how would you value a company if they have negative FCF
Interview Questions
Behavioral: Why Financo, Why IB, Walk me through your resume.
Technicals: FCF formula, what situation would a company have negative FCF, how would you value a company if they have negative FCF?
That was all the questions I got asked; it was problem-solving and also a few accounting questions like financial statement effect if account decreased by $10 what would happen to the rest of the income statement, balance sheet etc. It was a problem solving interview but I think it is manageable and defiantly a harder interview.
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Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: May 2020
Date Submitted: Jun 18, 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Group Interview
Interview
Applied through on-campus recruiting, I was invited to have a zoom video call with an associate and an analyst. Had a super day shortly after with two associates, a VP, and an MD. Received offer shortly after.
Interview Questions
There was a paper LBO question that took up an entire half-hour and was one of the rooms of the super day. The paper LBO was similar to the street of walls but they asked how much the owner would receive in proceeds given a certain amount of debt and equity that he owned before the deal. Along with that, I was asked a 3 step accounting question in my first round with realizing the gain on the sale of PPE. The rest of the questions were about the resume, firm, the retail consumer industry, and why I was interested in Investment Banking.
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Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York, NY, USA
Interviewed: July 2019
Date Submitted: Aug 10, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Group Interview
Interview
The firm reached out for a networking session in New York during the summer and 2 weeks later sent out a 1st round interview at their office taking 30 minutues consisting of 2 analysts.
Interview Questions
They asked if you were the founder of an apparel company how would enter the market - either through direct 2 consumer, brick & mortar or wholesale. Also asked how to calculate FCF. Then they asked what's included in CFO, CFI, and CFF. What are 3 things that would give a negative FCF? Why retail? Are a more qualitative or quantitative person? What are some trends in the consumer retail market that you've been looking at? You purchase a $100 asset walk me through the 3 financial statements in Year 0. 10% depreciation walk me through the 3 financial statement at the end of year 1. You sell the asset at the beginning of year 2 for $110 - walk me through the 3 financial statements.
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Investment Banking Analyst Intern Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: July 2019
Date Submitted: Aug 06, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
There was a networking reception led by a first round and then a super day that was in person at the firm.
Interview Questions
The questions were not difficult in nature. They were basic questions about interests in the firm, why consumer and how much I followed trends in the market. The next round was a superday in which I was asked to do a paper LBO and was then asked to explain how to get to the enterprise value of a company as well. The interview was not hard
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