Kaufman & Company Interview Questions

1 total interview insight submissions

Interview Experience (55%)

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.

5
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (40%)

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.

3
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Kaufman & Company

Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview -

Anonymous employee in Boston

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Other

Length of Process

2-3 months
Interviewed: June 2012 Date Submitted: Oct 29, 2012

Application

1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview

Interview

Emailed managing director about possible internships. Visited office and interview process consisted of a 1 on 1 interview with a MD and a group interview with another MD joining. Phone call back after 2 weeks with offer.

Interview Questions

How would you determine the growth rates of a company when calculating a discounted cash flows? If you don't have analyst opinions how would you do it by yourself?
Where do you think the healthcare industry is going? What opportunities do you think investment banking has in this industry?
Sample Answer