Jacobs Capital Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (30%)

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 (13%)

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

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Year 2017
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Chapel Hill
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Interview Questions & Answers - Jacobs Capital Examples

Investment Banking Spring Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous employee in Chapel Hill
Interviewed: December 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Group Interview
Interview
I attended an on campus info session and then I applied online. I was chosen for an interview and it started off as 2v1 and two more employees joined and we finished 4v1
Interview Questions
-tell me about yourself
-why investment banking
-what do you think you'll get out of this internship
-they gave me 5 characteristics and made me rank myself from best to worst
-how do you describe thoroughness
-walk me through the 3 financial statements
-how does a DCF work
-when you do a DCF do you discount the cashflows at the target companies disco rate or the acquirer's?
-what are some challenges you might face in the middle market
-what industries are you most interested in
-case study: you're working for your school's athletic dept and attendance at games this year has been 65% of average but last year it was 72% and the year before it was 85%. What are some possible reasons for this decline and what information would you like to know?