Summer Intern

Status
Intern at
Group/Division/Type
Brokerage
City
New York
Interviewed
January 2017
Overall experience
Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy

General Interview Information

Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
2-3 months

Interview Details

What did the interview consist of?
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Please describe the interview / hiring process.
Consisted of two phone interviews. Final round was an option between a phone or in person interview with analyst.
What were the most difficult or unexpected interview questions asked?
Most difficult part of the interview definitely came during the final round. The first two phone calls were basically fit questions and trying to figure out your personality. The final round with the analyst felt like a rapid fire interview where they would try to catch you off guard. Mainly most of the questions consisted of macroeconomic data and basic fundamentals of numerous asset classes. After that it typically turned into a conversation where it was a lot more relaxing and open to asking your own questions.
How did you answer each of these questions (please be specific)?
Most difficult part of the interview definitely came during the final round. The first two phone calls were basically fit questions and trying to figure out your personality. The final round with the analyst felt like a rapid fire interview where they would try to catch you off guard. Mainly most of the questions consisted of macroeconomic data and basic fundamentals of numerous asset classes. After that it typically turned into a conversation where it was a lot more relaxing and open to asking your own questions.

Overall Company Rankings

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Overall Ranking

Overall Ranking is a score from 1 star (very bad) to 5 stars (excellent) generated based on the Company Reviews of current and former employees at this company, taking everything into account.

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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 reviews). 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.

3.0
Career Advancement Opportunities

Career Advancement Opportunities is a score from 1 star (very bad) to 5 stars (excellent) generated based on the Company Reviews of current and former employees at this company, taking everything into account.

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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 reviews). 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.

2.7
Senior Management

Senior Management is a score from 1 star (very bad) to 5 stars (excellent) generated based on the Company Reviews of current and former employees at this company, taking everything into account.

The number you see in the middle of the donut 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 reviews). 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.

3.3

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