I had three interviews. I had an interview with the recruiter. Then I had an interview with th VPs and then I had an interview with two MDs. They havent came back with an offer or any communication and it has been

I was first contacted by an HR representative, with whom I went over my resume. a few days later the same person contacted me to schedule a follow-up with the MD of the ADP program. The follow-up was a 30 min talk to see my personality. 3 weeks later i was invited to a superday with 3 VPs and an associate II. 2 weeks later I got the offer

applied online, reached out by an analyst, first-round interview with a VP. The interview was extremely technical-focused. Be expected to know every single detail about financial modeling. Make sure you have a solid understanding on LBO, M&A, Debt&Equity.

First consisted of a brief phone call with an alumni who was planning to refer me. That went well so then I moved on to a short conversation with a university recruiter. She only asked a few very basic questions, which I think was due to my alumni contact putting in a good word for me. Next came a recorded interview, where you are given a minute to think about a question, and then 3 minutes max to record your answer. There were five of these questions total and they were all fit questions. The final step is flying out to their office for 4-5 back to back interviews with various employees.

Application process, then you receive an email and phone call from the HR department that will then run a back ground check. You have 2 phone calls with upper management and associates. Most interviews are based on knowledge of the company, industry and your skill set. Analytical questions are also asked randomly.

Entirely run through HR remotely. The first was with one HR person just asking basic questions regarding me and why I was interested in SVB. The second was a more in-depth review of the position and me pitching why I would be a fit given my experience.

Overall a great process - Employees at SVB are some of the nicest people I have ever met. I was contacted by a recruiter who set up an online interview. There were pre-recorded questions and I recorded my responses via video. After passing this round they flew me in for face to face interviews. I pretty much interviewed with every person who would be on my team and most of the questions were based on my experience and how I think I could add to the SVB team. After the 5 or so behavioral interviews, I was given financials to review and an essay question. You are given a VERY short time to work through this, so I imagine they are trying to see how quick you can think under pressure.

I received a call from a recruiter who interviewed me briefly on the phone, mostly with "fit" questions. He later called me again and told me that he had referred me to the recruiter for the operations center in Tempe, AZ and that she would get in touch with me.

I then had a second phone interview with the recruiter, which went well. She then invited me in for an all day interview at their offices in downtown Phoenix. I then had three separate interviews, one with the head of HR, one with the head of the Global Payments group, and one with the head of the ACH Operations group. All the interviews seemed to go very well and the interviewers were impressed with my qualifications.

However, I had difficulty coming up with the "why" of wanting to work there. The general consensus seemed to be that I was overqualified the the group I was applying to, while still lacking the technical skills of someone who had a background in banking operations.

Ultimately, I received a very cordial phone call from the head of HR informing me that they had hired someone with an operations background for the position but that they would like to keep in touch with me for further opportunities.

The interview was entirely fit based, there were no technical questions whatsoever. The individuals who worked for the company seemed to enjoy their jobs and were glowing in their praise of the culture of the company during the interviews.

The one thing I would say is that they are a relatively small outfit for a commercial bank so they prefer to hire for positions slightly above entry-level to minimize training costs and downtime.

It does seem like it would be a solid place to work though. They primarily do commercial banking for startups and VC funds in Silicon Valley so there is a very real possibility of a sort of backdoor entry into VC. In addition, the employees that I talked to indicated that it was relatively trivial to transfer to FO positions at some point if you wanted to do that. Most of them just preferred the lifestyle/pay balance of the ops.