First Southwest Company Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (40%)

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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.

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  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (18%)

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.

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  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

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Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Public Finance
Location Dallas
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Public Finance Summer Intern Interview - Public Finance

Anonymous employee in Dallas
Interviewed: 2014
Date Submitted: Sep 20, 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Background Check
Interview
This firm generally does not hire that many interns. From what I could gather, the vast majority of them obtained their interviews/offers via internal employee referrals.

The interview itself - after obtaining the referral - was a quick 20-30 minute phone interview with an HR VP. It was exclusively a behavioral interview that mostly explored your reasons for pursuing the internship and your background.
Interview Questions
Where do you hope to be in 5 years?
Please describe why you chose the major you did.
How soon are you able to start and how long do you want the internship to last?
Sample Answer