Greentech Capital Advisors Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (83%)

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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 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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Interview Difficulty (94%)

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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% Interns - FT Offers (88%)

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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Interviews at Greentech Capital Advisors

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Year 2018
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
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Location San Francisco
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Difficulty
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Year 2020
Job Title Intern
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Location New York
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Year 2019
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Location New York
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Interview Questions & Answers - Greentech Capital Advisors Examples

Summer Analyst Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco
Interviewed: June 2018
Date Submitted: Apr 06, 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
- Connected with a alumni analyst through our university job board. Basic questions regarding company valuation methodology and general climate/clean tech industry analysis questions.
Interview Questions
- Interest in the VC (had a background working in VC/PE) was looked negatively upon. Was asked if I was truly interested in banking?
Sample Answer

Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: June 2020
Date Submitted: Aug 17, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Networked with school alums after applying online. Received first round invite about one week later consisting of one behavioral phone call and one technical phone call back to back. Overall positive experience, seemed interested in my candidacy and not cold. The second interviewer rescheduled our call multiple times but was flexible. A mix of technicals, behaviorals, and industry specific questions in both interviews, the technical interview with relatively more rigorous, outside the box questions that really test the depth of your understanding. Heavy on LBO analysis.

Did not hear back from HR for a month.
Interview Questions
Behavioral:
1) Walk me through your resume
2) Why IB, why green tech?
3) What renewable infrastructure sub vertical most interests you?
4) What do you like to do in your free time?

Easy:
1) Walk me through a DCF
2) Walk me through the three statements
3) Impact of depreciation across the three statements
4) How do I get from equity value to enterprise value
5) EV/EBITDA comparison question
6) What are some common valuation methods

More Difficult:
1) Is it actually possible for a company to have a negative Beta in reality? Why or why not?
2) Walk me through the steps of LBO analysis, what are the key metrics that differ from a DCF?
3) If you want to learn about the renewable energy industry, why don't you go work for an energy company?
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Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: June 2020
Date Submitted: Aug 02, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
After HR resume screening it was 2x30 minute phone calls with analysts. One behavioural one technical. After that was superday, 6x30 minutes on WEBEX.
Interview Questions
1. Why specifically renewables. This is usually hard to answer for most candidates that can't rly explain their specific passion in this field
2. Walk through buying equipment with both debt and equity. After one year, theres interest and depreciation
3. How does bond price changes impact valuations
4. A bunch of accounting questions - $10 depreciation, $10 A/R increase, $10 deferred revenue increase. Also the tax rate changed every question to 40%, 30%, 50%
5. A lot of mental math (22x22, 11x11.etc)
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Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: February 2020
Date Submitted: Jun 27, 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Interviewed back to back. The first was behavioral the second was technical. Both analysts were very nice
Interview Questions
The second person asked me about the accounting questions regarding how they would effect the company and which situations would impact a companies decision to prefer one over the other. The behavioral interview was very focused on why I am interest in Greentech and ESG as a sector overall. Both analysts were really nice and easy to get along with. The behavioral interview felt more like a conversation than an actual interview though they ended up asking a couple technical questions at the end of the phone call.
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Summer Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: May 2020
Date Submitted: Jun 07, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Before applying I did a lot of calls with the people working. There was a lot of emphasis on why an interest in sustainability. I did the first round interview but didn't move to the second round.
Interview Questions
Let’s say your analyst has also run an LBO model, but the valuation coming back from this shows the company to be worth $5 billion, more than twice the market cap. What assumptions in the LBO model would you check to confirm it is returning the right implied equity value?

Walk me through the calculation of NPV for a share of stock

What are some reasons why one company might trade at a higher valuation than its peers?

In general, is accretion important? Would a company ever do a dilutive deal? If so, why?
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Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: September 2019
Date Submitted: Nov 22, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Applied via Handshake and received a phone interview. Guy on the phone was friendly but interview was highly technical and I was unprepared (econ student, not finance). Never heard back until two months later I got a position filled email
Interview Questions
He asked me: Walk me through a Discounted Cash Flow and why would you use it, Walk me through the three ways to value a company, why might you use one method of valuation over another, Why do you want to do investment banking, a standard "walk me through your resume", why did you apply to Greentech Capital in particular and what environmental cause I was interested or passionate about, what do I think sustainable investment is
Some math involved with the technical and DCF questions, pretty standard
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Intern Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco
Interviewed: October 2019
Date Submitted: Nov 04, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Fairly simple process, sent a cold email blast, spoke to several employees, ended getting referred to a partner. Set up a call, he was very kind and pushed for an interview for me. Did not move past first round
Interview Questions
Basic questions in an half an hour phone interview (20 min questioning me and we spent 10 min talking about the interviewers background and interest in the space)

* Tell me about yourself

* Why this firm/Why SF

* Walk me through depreciation of $20

* Several questions on the nature of adding back depreciation and why its considered a non-cash expense

* Industry related questions based on my interests - e.g. I enjoy renewables, why are $/KWH bids decreasing, factors driving industry, etc.
Sample Answer

Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: July 2019
Date Submitted: Oct 07, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
First interview was a phone screen focused on all technicals. Second phone interview was all behavioral. Third interview was a superday.
Interview Questions
The hardest part of the interview was definitely showing your understanding of the industry and your reasoning for wanting to enter it. Greentech focuses specifically on sustainable technology and infrastructure so you have to gear your story to more than just why investment banking. The overall interview process was not too challenging. The technical were standard guide questions and the behaviorals were also pretty generic. Hardest part in general was showing industry knowledge alongside technical questions that were about the industry as well.
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summer associate Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: May 2019
Date Submitted: Aug 19, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
phone interview that asked regular questions, why IB? technical questions like walk me through DCF and then a lot of probing questions about the DCF (what is WACC? What is CAPM? Why do you add debt in FCF?)
Interview Questions
Tell me about a stock you have valued if you thought it was undervalued or overvalued and how you came to that conclusion

other questions that were asked: why do you want to be an intern in investment banking? What stood out about this firm that made you want to intern here? Where do you see yourself in ten years? What do you know about the sustainability sector? what are some industry-specific ratios? What differentiates you from other perspective interns? Do you have any questions for me about the internship?
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Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: August 2018
Date Submitted: Aug 18, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
HR reached out to me a week after OCR. The phone interview was primarily technical with an emphasis on M&A and DCF
Interview Questions
The interview took about 30 minutes in total with a brief firm introduction. The interviewer asked about my general knowledge of the firm and the typical "Why Investment Banking?" question. The other questions include: walk me through an LBO model, walk me through a merger model, walk me through a DCF valuation, what is the difference between levered free cash flow and unlevered free cash flow?, what makes you think you can handle a career in investment banking (specifically the grueling hours)?
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