Foros Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (67%)

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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.

3.2
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Interview Difficulty (89%)

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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Interviews at Foros

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1st Year Analyst
Year 2017
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2017
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
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Year 2016
Job Title N/A
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Associate
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Very Negative
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Analyst
Year 2012
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - Foros Examples

1st Year Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2017
Date Submitted: Feb 23, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
1st Round OCR, mostly behavioral with some brainteaser.
Superday: Every possible style of interview, from brainteasers to math to finance/accounting technicals and behaviorals. Expect curveballs. Everyone is very nice and helpful but definitely an intimidating superday
Interview Questions
Brainteasers about dice, expected value, etc. Altogether, there were 7 brainteasers. Finance technicals were standard but will require calculations (standard diluted eps calculations, accounting walk through of asset purchase, etc.)

Behavioral rounds will dig deep into your character, and expect to be tested on attention to detail and mental math as well.
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Investment Banking Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: September 2017
Date Submitted: Jan 09, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Applied through career services with resume, cover letter, and transcript. First round on-campus interview, followed by Super Day (7 hours) at their office. Heard back about decision two weeks later.
Interview Questions
1) You have a block of gold with length 7. It is perforated into 7 single units (but they are not cut apart). Say you are an employer and have to pay an employee a block of gold per day of the week. With only 2 cuts, determine where you would cut the block such that you can give the employee a block of gold per day such that you give the entire 7 length gold block after 7 days. Your employee can also give back pieces of gold.

Cut the block into pieces of length 1, 2, and 4. So on the first day, you give the 1 block to the employee (employee has 1 block). On the second day, the employee gives back the 1 block and you give the 2 block (employee has 2 blocks). On the third day, you give the 1 block to the employee (employee has 3 blocks). On the fourth day, the employee gives back the 1 and 2 block and you give the 4 block (employee has 4 blocks). On the fifth day, you give the employee the 1 block (employee has 5 blocks). On the sixth day, the employee gives back the 1 block and you give the 2 block (employee has 6 blocks). On the seventh day, you give the employee the 1 block (employee has 7 blocks)., 2) You have a 10 x 10 x 10 cube made up of 1 x 1 x 1 smaller cubes. Say we removed the outer shell. What is the volume of the cube without the outer layer?

Because the outer shell is remove, the remaining cube is then have a volume of 8 x 8 x 8 = 512.
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Investment banking Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2016
Date Submitted: Apr 23, 2017
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Group Interview
Interview
I got the interview from a referral by an associate. Interviewed with Foros on campus with a VP and a MD.
Interview Questions
All the questions I got are behavioral for first round.

What was the most difficult period in your life, and how did you deal with it?

Why did you do investment banking after internships in private equity?

What attracts you to Foros, and specifically the IBD?

How would you rate you your Excel skill out of 10?

What is your favorite Excel function?

What did your do in your past internship?

Walk me through your resume.

What are your strengths?

What are your weaknesses?

How have you changed in the last five years?
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Full Time Associate Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2014
Date Submitted: Nov 10, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Interviewed on campus for first round. Lasted 30 minutes ish. Very basic cordial interview, where the guy described the firm. Asked some easy quantitative questions. Then he asked about recent deals that were interesting and why. Basic stuff.
Interview Questions
Talk to me a bout anything you've found interesting in the markets lately? What recent deals have happened. What was unique about the deals?
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Analyst Interview -

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2012
Date Submitted: Oct 27, 2012
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Some fit/some technical questions. It wasn't particularly conversational/friendly/easygoing. They jumped right in. Know fit questions beyond your resume review: be able to talk about your strengths/weaknesses/failures/what your last employer would say about you...etc. Technical questions went beyond the basic vault stuff, so I was out of my league.
Interview Questions
How much do you know about Foros/Why Foros? This is difficult because the site isn't particularly helpful. Do your research! I said something about how its a small company so the analyst position offers greater exposure, and talked about the expertise of some of the senior bankers there.
Can't remember-- but lots of technical questions. More than vault guide level knowledge! I was surprised to get those
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