S&P Capital Interview Questions (2024) - 23 Entries

S&P Capital Interview Questions

24 total interview insight submissions

Interview Experience (79%)

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.

3.5

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Interview Difficulty (81%)

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.

2.6

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% Interns - FT Offers (81%)

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 S&P Capital

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Year

Job Title

Group/Division

Location

Experience

Difficulty

1st Year Associate

Year 2021

Job Title 1st Year Associate

Group/Division Equity Capital Markets

Location New York

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Average

1st Year Associate

Year 2022

Job Title 1st Year Associate

Group/Division Credit Risk

Location New York

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Average

1st Year Associate

Year 2022

Job Title 1st Year Associate

Group/Division Credit Risk

Location Toronto

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Average

2nd Year Associate

Year 2018

Job Title 2nd Year Associate

Group/Division Securities Underwriting

Location New York

Experience

Neutral

Difficulty

Average

1st Year Analyst

Year 2019

Job Title 1st Year Analyst

Group/Division Research

Location Chicago

Experience

Very Negative

Difficulty

Very Easy

1st Year Associate

Year 2016

Job Title 1st Year Associate

Group/Division Consumer - Retail

Location New York

Experience

Very Positive

Difficulty

Average

1st Year Analyst

Year 2018

Job Title 1st Year Analyst

Group/Division Research

Location Chicago

Experience

Very Negative

Difficulty

Very Easy

Student / Prospective Monkey

Year 2018

Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey

Group/Division Credit Risk

Location Frankfurt am Main

Experience

Neutral

Difficulty

Easy

1st Year Analyst

Year 2017

Job Title 1st Year Analyst

Group/Division Debt Capital Markets

Location New York

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Difficult

Other

Year 2016

Job Title Other

Group/Division Investments

Location New York

Experience

Very Positive

Difficulty

Average

Interview Questions & Answers - S&P Capital Examples

Associate Interview - Equity Capital Markets

Anonymous employee in New York

Interviewed: December 2021

Date Submitted: Jun 28, 2022

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Recruiter

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Group Interview

Background Check

Interview

The process was fairly seamless. Consisted of 3 rounds, with mid to upper level management. First round was 1 on 1, 2nd interview with was current team, 3rd round was with 2 members of upper management. Asked questions about the company, past experiences, and personality

Interview Questions

What is S&P stock trading at

Sample Answer

Associate Interview - Credit Risk

Anonymous employee in Toronto

Interviewed: February 2022

Date Submitted: Feb 28, 2022

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Group Interview

Skills Test

Interview

I got an interview with S&P Global for NY & Toronto associate positions. First-round was an interview with two MDs. Then a phone call with an HR person followed by a case study. They asked me questions about my previous experience, ongoing macro events, and financial analysis.

Interview Questions

Nothing, they were in line with what I read online about their typical interviews.

Sample Answer

Associate Interview - Securities Underwriting

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Interviewed: October 2018

Date Submitted: Apr 02, 2019

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

I received emails with acknowledgement that I applied. Couple days later, received emails to set up a phone interview.

Interview Questions

Asked specific questions about my experience, along with follow up questions. I had to think on my feet to give good answers. Went into detail on my resume and I had to know it inside and out. I felt prepared but there are always curveballs you have to answer. I would tell the next person to adequately prepare for the interview and make sure they know everything about their experience and their skillset. It lasted about half an hour, which I was prepared for, and the interviewer was prepared as well.

Sample Answer

Ratings Support Specialist Interview - Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago

Interviewed: January 2019

Date Submitted: Feb 04, 2019

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

Phone interview with recruiter which was behavioral and then a 1 on 1 interview with the hiring manager via webcam

Interview Questions

Tell me about yourself. Why S&P? What do you know about S&P? Are you okay with x salary? Tell me about your internship experiences and what kind of transferrable skills you may have attained. Why did you choose x college? Why did you choose x major? Tell me about a time that you resolved a conflict with your peers or coworkers. Tell me about a time that you failed and how you owned up to it or what you learned from it. What are a few strengths and weaknesses of yours? What are your long term career goals?

Sample Answer

S&P Global Market Intelligence Program Interview - Consumer - Retail

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Interviewed: October 2016

Date Submitted: Jan 11, 2019

Outcome

Declined Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

1 on 1 Interview

Skills Test

Other

Interview

It was a positive experience. Started with a Forum and one-on-one interviews. Then a skills test was sent out to be submitted, concluding with two single skype interviews. Everyone was soooo nice.

Interview Questions

One question that was hard was
1;"Please describe a world problem, and what measures would you take to fix it"

2; "If I knew nothing about Economics please describe supply and demand"

3; 'Please describe and the connection between the three financial statements"

4 "Talk me through (an interesting topic? i dont remember the specific thing) as something that is process"

5 "How do you go about dealing with a new type of software or material that you have no experience with. What steps do you take when faced with this situation?"

Sample Answer

Research Assistant Local Government Interview - Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago

Interviewed: December 2018

Date Submitted: Dec 27, 2018

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

Applied online then contacted by recruiter to set up phone interview/phone screen. At the end of the interview the recruiter told me they weren't even sure whether this was an immediate hire posting or a position they could wait x amount of time to onboard the new hire. Seems ridiculous that they took the time to talk to me without figuring that out first, waste of my time and theirs.

Interview Questions

Tell me something unique about you. What attracted you to this role and to S&P? Where are you looking to live after graduation and are you willing to relocate? What is your experience with excel? This isn't really a question, but we really only like to hire internally, even for entry level positions. Tell me about your internship experiences. How are you involved on campus? What are some strengths and weaknesses of yours? Do you know financial modeling? Tell me about other technical skills of yours.

Sample Answer

Analyst Interview - Credit Risk

Anonymous interview candidate in Frankfurt am Main

Interviewed: November 2018

Date Submitted: Nov 26, 2018

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

I applied online, after 1 month i got invited to a video interview, one week later got an phone interview, one week later, got invited to AC.

Interview Questions

Questions were generally easy. Mostly competency questions. 2 round phone interviews were mostly about your motivation and your experience. They asked me about rating methodology and basic questions about the rating, financial ratios.
AC was 3 round 2 to 1 interviews. questions include, what was the reason of eurozone debt crisis and what is the impact of the debt crisis till now. Describe some macro event and how will it impact rating and our business. how to rate a corporate bond and questions regarding CDO, MBS

Sample Answer

Analyst-Ratings Interview - Debt Capital Markets

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Interviewed: August 2017

Date Submitted: Nov 13, 2018

Outcome

Declined Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Skills Test

Background Check

Other

Interview

Applied online, was contacted by HR recruiter (VP-level) via email to schedule a phone interview. Next a senior HR person calls and asks behavioral questions and then sets up first round office interviews and time for a case study. HR details background of firm and your role. Both very friendly and conversational

Interview Questions

Phone Interview was introductory and non-technical in nature, ("walk me through your resume"; "What relevant experience"). Recruiter then asked for expectations relating to salary/timeline/level. Further explained that a senior HR rep will contact and pick up the recruiting process. Senior contacted me about a week later to ask behavioral type questions ("tell me about a time you failed"; "tell me about a difficult co-worker") and set up an in-person interview. In person interviews consisted of a few 1:1 interviews with Senior analysts that were looking for additional team members for their departments. Had one 3:1 interview with HR and I think a SVP. Then (same day) was given about 2 hours for a case study that was pretty in-depth (rate a consolidated, post-merger balance sheet).

"in current rising rate environment, what would you expect to happen to corporate debt issuance?"

Sample Answer

Relationship Manager, Investment Management Division Interview - Investments

Anonymous employee in New York

Interviewed: June 2016

Date Submitted: Jun 06, 2018

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

Less than 1 month

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Group Interview

Background Check

Interview

I had a phone screen with the recruiter who then passed me off to the hiring management team. I interviewed with the head of relationship management for the investment management segment, then had 4 1x1 interviews back to back with different managers within the team. The general theme was behavioral, specifically towards sales and client relationship building, but also do figure out if I had a real passion for financial markets.

Interview Questions

1) They gave me a scenario where a client has several different products, all that affect different parts of their business, and with varying levels of 'stickiness' with the client. How would I approach a holistic renewal involving so many moving parts.
2) Give me an example of when you did right by a client, but it wasn't necessarily the most popular opinion internally within your organization.
3) Tell me about a news article or piece of current events that pertains to financial markets that you read recently.

Sample Answer

S&P Interview - Credit

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Interviewed: August 2017

Date Submitted: Apr 05, 2018

Outcome

Declined Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

One round interview at college career center. Very seamless. The questions asked were behavioral and generally technical about finance and news understanding.

Interview Questions

They saw I had finance research experience, so they asked about my view and understanding of the 2008 financial crisis. I had researched the topic extensively so I was able to provide a good answer. I also talked about sectors I was interested in and where they were headed. They asked why I'd specifically want to work there as well. They asked a very simple and obvious brainteaser that you can find in any prep book so that was great. Overall, not bad at all if you read some of the guides and and the news.

Sample Answer

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