Build America Mutual Interview Questions

4 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (85%)

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4.3
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (54%)

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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.

2.5
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Build America Mutual

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Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
1st Year Analyst
Year 2023
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Public Finance
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2021
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Assurance
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2020
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Analyst
Year 2017
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Build America Mutual Examples

Analyst Interview - Public Finance

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: August 2023
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Group Interview
Interview
2 stage interview process. First stage included a case on credit worthiness and was with an analyst and associate. Second interview with more senior staff but mostly resume questions
Interview Questions
[Given case] What would you look at for credit worthiness?

Municipal Credit Analyst, Summer Intern Interview - Assurance

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: November 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Other
Interview
I was contacted by an HR person via email a week after I applied to organize a date for the interview. The interview was done on zoom (which is why I put phone and other). It was very behavioral, such as walk me through my resume. They asked a lot about my experience in my school's investment club. Also asked me about how I manage my time effectively because I have a busy schedule during the school year (work part time on top of being a full time student). Overall very behavioral focused, and a lot of the questions were based off my resume so know your own resume well!
Interview Questions
This might not seem difficult to everyone, but most the questions weren't standard behavioral questions. They were mostly based on my resume so you can't prepare exact answers to exact questions. You need to know your resume well and be able to effectively talk about your experiences.

Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: November 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Took a little while to get back from the recruiter but then set up a 2-1 FaceTime interview which consistent of behavioral questions plus a couple questions on why bonds? Also had a couple technical questions about what bonds where and how to value them. Then a round 2 consisting of more technical.
Interview Questions
Choose an industry and evaluate there potential for bonds using examples?

Rotational Analyst Interview - Credit Risk

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: September 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
First round video chat interview consisting of basic questions regarding the company's mission and what they do. Heard back within a few days. Second round consisted of several 1 on 1 interviews that lasted all day. The night before, there was a mandatory dinner where candidates had the opportunity to meet members of the firm. I heard back several days after the second round
Interview Questions
The toughest question asked was, "How would you determine the credit of a municipal?" There were several potential answers, however, they were looking for answers regarding population growth, debt service coverage, and tax powers of the municipal.

Why BAM?

In addition, be prepared to answer some questions more than once since the interviewers tend to reuse questions between various interviews. Other than this question, most other questions were fairly straight forward and did not require too much technicality.
$10m+
Est Annual Revenue
Industry

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