Hey WSO! I'm a student having an interview with Paradigm Capital in Toronto next week for the Winter CO-OP term. Apart from the fact that they mainly focus on energy and mining sectors, there is not much information I can find on their website or anywhere else.
Anyone has an insight? How is their interview style? How technical can the questions get? How is the firm viewed comparing to other boutiques?
Much appreciated!
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There have been a lot of changes there over the past year or two so things are a little different there now. I would say it's generally regarded as a fine place and they also have a relatively active tech practice if I recall. I haven't seen them on any advisory in a while but they'll clip some small syndicate positions here and there on the equity side. Sorry I don't have much insight on the actual interviews but good luck.
Thanks! What changes are you referring to?
I did an interview for a co-op position there ~1 year ago. Typical IB interiew questions, tell me about yourself, previous experiences etc. In terms of technicals IRC: cashflow questions i.e tell me how you calculate free cash flow (indirect/direct methods), walk me though a DCF, tell me how you calculate WACC. Also had to quickly give a short-sell pitch and a brain teaser at the end.
Hey thanks a lot! Did you end up getting an offer? How was your experience?
Nope, was my first ib interview so didn't do very well, overall had a good experience nothing bad to say about them.
What type of brain teaser did they throw at you?
it wasnt so hard, just took me like 30 sec to figure it out :D So dw
Thank you! Just worried about the teasers because I am pretty awful at them.
Paradigm Capital (Originally Posted: 01/10/2013)
What have people heard about Paradigm Capital in Toronto? Also, any thoughts on quality of having a summer internship at a boutique like them? Thanks!
Didn't think they would do internships. Don't know the bankers real well but a decent enough group of people otherwise. They're small but fairly well regarded in the mining space in terms of research.
Yes they have summer internships for i-banking and equity research.
They are legit and they hire co-ops too.
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nice thanks
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