Hercules Technology Growth Capital Interview Questions

3 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (65%)

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.

3.7
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (57%)

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.

2.7
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Hercules Technology Growth Capital

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Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
1st Year Analyst
Year 2021
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Venture Capital
Location Palo Alto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Analyst
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location McLean
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
Investment Analyst
Year 2012
Job Title Investment Analyst
Group/Division
Location Palo Alto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - Hercules Technology Growth Capital Examples

Analyst, Life Sciences Interview - Venture Capital

Anonymous interview candidate in Palo Alto
Interviewed: September 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Applied online, one-on-one interview with a senior associate in the life sciences group, followed by a 6-interview(all back-to-back one-on-one interviews) superday with the life sciences group(2 associates, 1 director, three MDs).

Advice: Understand the venture debt process and normal IB financial concepts.
Interview Questions
Difficult only if you are ill-prepared:

What is the goal of a venture debt investment and what are some of the characteristics that we would look for in evaluating a venture debt investment?

Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in McLean
Interviewed: 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Phone interview received from recommendation of a recruiter. Very basic background/fit questions. Walk me through your resume, what experience do you have dealing with basic financial statements, etc.
Interview Questions
Give me some specific examples of when you are dealing with the ins and outs of financial and operating statements.

Investment Analyst Interview -

Anonymous interview candidate in Palo Alto
Interviewed: February 2012
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I got an invitation for a 30 minutes phone interview one week after my application. A analyst interviewed me for the first round, and said further decision will be made within a week. After that it will be 1 round of office visit then it is done. The whole process generally takes about a month.
Interview Questions
Which of our portfolio company are you interested in, why?
Are you following any specific sectors or sub-sectors? Any opinions on them?