JMI Equity Interview Questions

13 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (78%)

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.

3.5
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (76%)

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

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Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)
Location San Diego
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location Baltimore
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Easy
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2023
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Growth Equity
Location San Francisco
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2023
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division N/A
Location Boston
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2023
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Equity Research
Location New York
Experience
Very Negative
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location San Diego
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2022
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Private Equity
Location San Diego
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2022
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Growth Equity
Location San Diego
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy
Intern
Year 2019
Job Title Intern
Group/Division N/A
Location Baltimore
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2017
Job Title Intern
Group/Division N/A
Location Baltimore
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - JMI Equity Examples

Summer Intern Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)

Anonymous interview candidate in San Diego
Interviewed: May 2022
Date Submitted: Dec 20, 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Applied online on Handshake; was given a phone screen with HR focused on behaviorals; afterwards had 2 30 minute 1 on 1 with an associate and a VP focused on sourcing and SaaS
Interview Questions
Please describe a portfolio company you don’t like and why
Sample Answer

2023 Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Baltimore
Interviewed: May 2022
Date Submitted: Aug 09, 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
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
Interviewed: April 2023
Date Submitted: Jul 31, 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
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
Interviewed: March 2023
Date Submitted: Mar 27, 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
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
Interviewed: February 2023
Date Submitted: Feb 21, 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
4-5 months
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
Interviewed: October 2022
Date Submitted: Oct 18, 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
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
Interviewed: July 2022
Date Submitted: Oct 03, 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
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
Interviewed: March 2022
Date Submitted: Jun 11, 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
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
Interviewed: November 2019
Date Submitted: Feb 09, 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 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
Interviewed: April 2017
Date Submitted: Jul 16, 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
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