Davidson Companies Interview Questions
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.
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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.
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- Very Difficult
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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Interview Questions & Answers - Davidson Companies Examples
Investment Banking Analyst Interview - Generalist
Depreciation explained
What is Investment Banking?
Why Davidson?
What are the common valuation methods?
Investment Banking Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions
Investment Banking Analyst Interview - Investment Banking
Superday - Was invited for superday that consisted of talking to 3 industry groups, each looking to add an analyst. Everyone was nice, very light on technicals. At the end was also a 1 hour skills test on excel - valuation of a company, building out pro-forma I/S, etc. Needed to pull all information yourself from SEC filings.
RED FLAG- Two of the groups only consisted of 2 Bankers, and the last consisted entirely of one VP in that "group". WTF? - Serious question of deal flow and what kind of work the analyst would be doing if he was hired and working with just a VP. Could not find much information online of their past recent deals.
Institutional Sales Associate Interview - Equity Capital Markets
Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking
MBA Summer Internship Interview -
One week before my interview, I got another e-mail setting up my interview session. The interview was done at the local office via teleconference. Interesting, other individuals who I know were being interviewed were asked to come to the main corporate office in Great Falls to interview, instead of teleconferences. Not sure why it was different for my account.
Since I had less than a week to prepare for the interview, I did a fair amount of research on the company as well as brush up on current events and basic finance concepts. I ended up interviewing 3 on 1, which was quite awkward via teleconference. Sadly, the interview was entirely "fit" questions as well as questions about by previous education and work experience (which is nowhere near finance relevant). I transitioned from a non-business degree and non-relevant government job, so I didn't think they would have been so concerned about those aspects compared to my current experience and schooling.
Overall the interviewers seemed nice, and I've heard good things from other individuals who had interned before. Given the location, the company is a very good entry point for individuals who don't have access to larger capital areas (i.e. New York, San Fran, ect.). The only downside I can see is much of their business is based on individual brokerage, which very small groups in other areas (equity research, investment banking, ect.). They also seem to move slowly with their recruitment / hiring process. I won't hear about an offer or rejection for another month or so (late March).
Not a terribly difficult question, but probably the worst one I answered IMO. First, the job I had was not very interesting or engaging, so I had trouble thinking up anything funny to tell. In afterthought the story I did tell wasn't even that funny, and turned into more of a rant. Probably not what they were looking for. Finally, I'm not the type of person to tell funny stories. I'm more of the type who makes witty or sarcastic comments rather than drawn out stories. It certainly didn't come off as that after the interview.
Again a pretty straight forward question. Talked about a particular hobby I had and how I'd want to spend doing it with my dad.
Brokerage Advisor Interview -
In early January, I received an e-mail I was selected to move on to the interview phase. We settled on a time, and did a phone interview. Things for the most part went well, until they started talking about studying for the Series 7 and working with a local brokerage advisor. I asked them about opportunities in the areas I had expressed interest in, and it sounded like they recruited separately for those position (unbeknownst to me). Things ended well enough though considering. About a week later I got a call letting me know I was not selected for the internship.
Investment Banking Analyst Interview -
I was asked about my excel/modeling skills and specific examples of how I utilized them.
The bulk of the interview was focused on fit and the specific industry the group covered.
Investment Banking Analyst Interview -
Received a call-back with the offer approx. one week later
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