Espirito Santo Investment Bank Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (28%)

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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  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (66%)

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 Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Espirito Santo Investment Bank

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1st Year Analyst
Year 2013
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Equity Research
Location London
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Graduate Analyst Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: 2013
Date Submitted: Aug 20, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Other
Interview
There were three rounds following submission of CV and cover letter and the standard numeracy/reasoning tests.

The first round was a one-on-one competency and interest interview (be ready to pitch good stock ideas with appropriate numbers and details) and an IQ/aptitude interview with guesstimates, brainteasers and logical analysis interviews.

The second round was a pretend pitch to a group of investors. The company was known beforehand. Thus, be prepared and have an argument ready. You will have to defend your outlook.

The last round was more of a discussion of what the job involved and seemed perfunctory.
Interview Questions
How many cubes in a 8x8x8 cube are uncoloured if the outer faces are coloured?

Answer: 216.

The trick is to visualise the cube. Either calculate the coloured ones and subtract from the total or directly calculate the number in the inner cube.
Estimate the number of beds needed in a small village to deal with child deliveries each year.

Work through it logically: guess number of women, then women of child-bearing age, then children/year, then variation in deliveries and then, maximum needed (remember that women may stay on longer than one day)
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