JMI Equity

Private Equity

Est Annual Revenue:
$50m+
AUM:
$2bn-$3bn
Website
Industry: Private Equity
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JMI Equity Interview Questions

12 total interview insight submissions

Interview Experience (77%)

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.

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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.

3.4
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (75%)

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.

2.6
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (72%)

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.

Interviews at JMI Equity

YearPositionLocationGroup/DivisionExperienceDifficulty
20222023 Summer AnalystBaltimoreGeneralistNegativeEasy
2023Summer AnalystSan FranciscoGrowth EquityNegativeVery Difficult
2023Summer AnalystBostonN/ANeutralEasy
2023AnalystNew YorkEquity ResearchVery NegativeAverage
2022Summer AnalystSan DiegoGeneralistPositiveAverage
2022AnalystSan DiegoPrivate EquityNeutralAverage
2022Summer InternSan DiegoGrowth EquityPositiveVery Easy
2019Summer AnalystBaltimoreN/APositiveEasy
2017Summer AnalystBaltimoreN/AVery PositiveAverage
2015Private Equity Analyst InternBaltimoreGeneralistVery PositiveEasy

2023 Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Baltimore

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: May 2022 Date Submitted: Aug 09, 2023

Application

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

An alumni at the firm did an on campus info session and meet and greet that lead to me filling out an application. After applying, I was invited to a first round interview a few weeks later. The interview was a one on one zoom call with a recruiter from the firm that had only been there for two weeks. The questions were non-technical but the conversation itself was very poor. The interviewer never looked at me on the call except for here and there and was instead looking at her other monitor and typing the entire time. There was little to no conversational aspect of the interview and was instead just Q&A with little to no emotion or engagement from the recruiter.

Interview Questions

All questions were behavioral and the most difficult question was "what is one of your weaknesses"
Sample Answer

Summer Analyst Interview - Growth Equity

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: April 2023 Date Submitted: Jul 31, 2023

Application

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

I talked with a recruiter, who showed up ~5-10 minutes late and had a terrible attitude. She seemed bored out of her mind and asked the most basic questions. Why JMI, why growth equity, etc. The questions weren't hard; the hardest thing is hoping that that recruiter just ate lunch and is in a good mood. If you take a look at glassdoor, it seems that other people had a similar bad experience with her.

Interview Questions

Why JMI? Why Growth Equity? Tell me about your favorite class
Sample Answer

Summer Analyst Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in Boston

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: March 2023 Date Submitted: Mar 27, 2023

Application

Phone Interview
Personality Test

Interview

First round is recruiter screen with a few straight behavioral questions and a LOT of time for questions. Make sure to prep a ton of questions for the recruiter. Second round is a case and then there's a final superday.

Interview Questions

Why did you go to the school you went to
What motivates you
What's the biggest challenge you've overcame
Sample Answer

Analyst Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

4-5 months
Interviewed: February 2023 Date Submitted: Feb 21, 2023

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test

Interview

Initial zoom meeting with basic questions, and the interviewer was simply reading off a list and on her phone the entire time. It was honestly an extremely disrespectful process and I do not recommend applying here. I was asked the exact same question three times, and when I noted that I had already responded my interviewer shrugged.

Interview Questions

Why did you go to school at X place?
Sample Answer

Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in San Diego

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: October 2022 Date Submitted: Oct 18, 2022

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview

Interview

Phone chats w/ recruiters, VPs, associates over the course of 4 rounds (including one super day). Pretty chill

Interview Questions

If you had 50 hours in a week, how would you spend that time between sourcing and due diligence?
Sample Answer

Analyst Interview - Private Equity

Anonymous interview candidate in San Diego

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: July 2022 Date Submitted: Oct 03, 2022

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

The interview was very bland and the recruiter clearly did not want to interview me initially. Standard behavioral questions such as "Why Private Equity?", did not end up getting the job offer

Interview Questions

What do you know about Sourcing?
Sample Answer

Summer Intern Interview - Growth Equity

Anonymous interview candidate in San Diego

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: March 2022 Date Submitted: Jun 11, 2022

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

Applied online, did not do any networking. A while later I was invited to interview with an HR member.

Interview Questions

Very standard behavioral questions, with the hardest being a simple discussion of a past "failure"
Sample Answer

Summer Analyst Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in Baltimore

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: November 2019 Date Submitted: Feb 09, 2019

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

HR reached out to schedule interview by Skype; although the time slots were thirty minutes the first round interview was very short (~10 minutes).

Interview Questions

Scheduled Skype interview with HR, there were no technical questions, only behavioral and even then not very thorough.

Tell me about yourself.

How did you do in your last summer internship, and what did you do?

If I followed up with your previous employer, how would previous employer rate your performance from a scale of 1 to 10?

Were there any issues/ what could you have done better?

What is a strength and a weakness?

Do you have any questions for us?

Which office do you prefer?

HR said that they would be getting back to me after the new year but I never heard back.
Sample Answer

Summer Analyst Interview

Anonymous employee in Baltimore

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: April 2017 Date Submitted: Jul 16, 2017

Application

Phone Interview
Group Interview

Interview

2 calls with senior associates leading the intern program followed by a superday at the office - 4 interviews with 2-3 people in each of them

Interview Questions

What are the types of questions that you ask a company when you are on a sourcing call with them to evaluate if it is a good company?

What types of companies does JMI look at? (asking about their history)

What are the key metrics to value a company that JMI would look at by?

What makes you want to work in private equity/growth equity instead of investment banking or venture capital?

How would other people (your friends) describe you?

Tell me one thing that is unexpected about yourself?
Sample Answer

Private Equity Analyst Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Baltimore

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: September 2015 Date Submitted: Dec 19, 2015

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview

Interview

I know a few interns working at this place and I also know an analyst there. They referred my resume and I got a first round. After that, I was brought in for a Superday, which consisted of about 7 short interviews. Pure behavioral.

Interview Questions

Overall, the interviews were pretty easy. The hardest two questions were probably: 1). What interests you about private equity? 2). Why us? Since all the questions are behavioral based, you really want to stand out from the competition by acing these two questions and showing your strong interest and why it's a fit for you. My suggestion would be to go on the Company's website and read as much as you can about their business. It would also definitely help if you know a little bit about their portfolio companies so that you can namedrop them if needed and speak intelligently about them.
Sample Answer