INTL FCStone Interview Questions

5 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (69%)

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.

3.6
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Interview Difficulty (75%)

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.

2.8
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% Interns - FT Offers (58%)

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 INTL FCStone

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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
Intern
Year 2023
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location Chicago
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
2nd Year Analyst
Year 2016
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Incoming Analyst
Year 2016
Job Title Incoming Analyst
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location Kansas City
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2015
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
2nd Year Associate
Year 2014
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - INTL FCStone Examples

Intern Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous employee in Chicago
Interviewed: March 2023
Date Submitted: Mar 21, 2023
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Other
Interview
Relatively simple, met recruiter and career fair, applied online via website, and had 3 interviews. 1 Phone screen, 2 Zoom 1 on 1 interviews. Mostly behavioral questions, current events, technicals for the last 2 interviews.
Interview Questions
Explain how the Federal Reserve's hawkish policy may affect business.
Sample Answer

Institutional Sales Interview - FICC - Fixed Income Currency and Commodities

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: August 2016
Date Submitted: Apr 19, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Group Interview
Interview
Daylong interview Process. You meet with pretty much the whole desk, both salespeople and traders. They ask a ton of behavioral/fit questions, and often walk through your resume. As long as you have a basic understanding of the business and the current state of the market you should be fine.
Interview Questions
There wasn't really anything too difficult. They really just wanted to see if you had a baseline understanding of how the company made money. If I had to pinpoint one tough question, it would be one our cmo trader asked me. He wanted to know what my 6 month and 1 year macro outlook was. I had very little time to think on the spot, so I had to rely on my knowledge of the markets from reading/keeping up with the current news cycle. He really pushed me to go into depth about the different macroeconomic linkages
Sample Answer

Credit Risk Analyst Interview - Credit Risk

Anonymous interview candidate in Kansas City
Interviewed: June 2016
Date Submitted: Feb 15, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Applied online, and was contacted by HR to setup phone interview. Had phone interview with hiring manager, then had 2 in-person interviews with hiring manager and others in the office.
Interview Questions
- Did you look at individual companies or overall credit portfolio strategies in your previous position
- Provide an example of key metrics you used to evaluate company's credit worthiness
- What types of companies did you evaluate in your previous job
- Do you prefer working early in the morning or late into the evening? What time do you get in in the morning? How do you plan to balance family with work in this position?
- How do you work with teammates, please provide specific examples from your prior work experience.
Sample Answer

Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: January 2015
Date Submitted: Apr 12, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Questions were more on fit and interest. No technical questions over the phone. However there is a strong emphasis on middle market investment banking. The interviewer did not sound too interested to talk, but then again neither was I.
Interview Questions
Nothing that really surprised me. Very standard questions, but I just was not (and it showed) too interested.
Sample Answer

Investment Banking Associate Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: July 2014
Date Submitted: Aug 13, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I contacted a person there I have known for quite some time to see if there were any open positions within their IBD team. While they had made some recent hires, and weren't openly sourcing candidates at this point, they agreed to set up a time to talk through my background and what I might bring to the table for them. This firm is quite large and my primary contact travels pretty extensively so things took some time to come together. The next step after that first call was the write up a synopsis of what I would bring to the table, in a sense it was my own executive summary and plan of action. The nice part about that was it gave me the opportunity to essentially write my own job description.

The next step here is to line up a call with other team members and potentially schedule an on-site interview, which has yet to take place.
Interview Questions
The toughest question that I wasn't quite prepared for on the first phone call was succinctly articulating my value proposition. This was critical as I had mentioned they are not currently in hiring mode. I took the time to write up a two page executive summary and sent it along to them to circulate among their team. It was a nice exercise that does not come up often, if ever, during a recruiting process.
Sample Answer