Kurt Salmon Associates Capital Advisors Interview Questions

5 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (93%)

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.

4.4
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Interview Difficulty (96%)

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.

3.6
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% Interns - FT Offers (85%)

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.

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Interviews at Kurt Salmon Associates Capital Advisors

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Experience
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1st Year Analyst
Year 2015
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Financial Services
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Consumer - Retail
Location San Francisco
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Other
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2012
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division
Location Atlanta
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2012
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division
Location Vancouver
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Kurt Salmon Associates Capital Advisors Examples

Business Analyst Interview - Financial Services

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: April 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Other
Interview
Applied online and was contacted for phone screening with HR, then asked to complete online testing (math, verbal, and pattern recognition.) Notified about 2 weeks after my testing and was asked to come in for a 1 on 1 interview. Very casual conversation with manager, and was invited to come back the next week for a half-days worth of interviews. Consisted of breakfast with senior consultant, then case interview, then interview with a Global Financial Services Partner.
Interview Questions
Case interview consisting of reviewing whether or not a credit card company should get rid of their annual fee.

Consultant Interview - Consumer - Retail

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco
Interviewed: October 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
I applied through campus recruiting. I was sent an analytical test online that consisted of sudoku-like math puzzles, reading comprehension, analytical thinking questions, a personality test, and graph questions. Once I passed the online test, I was invited to interview at their SF office. The interview was very lax, but not structured. The recruiter asked me to walk her through my resume and did not ask me specific behavioral questions. You are expected to sell yourself and your skills on your own.
Interview Questions
Walk me through your resume. What did you do at this job? (Basically followed the outline of my resume)
Tell me about your extracurricular activities. What was this group like? Tell me about your participation in this organization.

Retail Consulting Intern Interview - Other

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
I initially became familiar with the company from the career fair at my university. I applied to the internship position through my school's website. To be selected for an interview you had to take a cognitive test. The test consisted of three parts testing verbal and quantitative skills. The first round of interviews was a personality interview that lasted around 45 minutes. My interview was with a representative from HR. The second round of interviews was a case based interview in two parts. Each case was 45 minutes long with a separate consultant in a 1 on 1 interview. In my opinion the interview was difficult but definitely manageable. I was not selected for the third round, but that would have involved traveling to their offices. I was very impressed by everyone I met at Kurt Salmon. Everyone seemed to truly love their job.
Interview Questions
What is something that is not on your resume that you can bring to the firm?
How has your non work experience developed your skills as a consultant?
Give a 2 minute elevator pitch to the CEO of the company that the case is based on. This was asked at the end of the interview of both cases. The interviewers were looking for organization and inference from past data.

Investment Banking Analyst Interview -

Anonymous employee in Atlanta
Interviewed: April 2012
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
First Round: 1 on 1. Basic informational and a few techs

Second Round: Interviewed by everyone that was in the office that day including two MDs. Almost all fit and background questions, especially surrounding my modeling experience and the classes I had taken. Also took the wonderlic. Apparently did better than Vince Young
Interview Questions
3 strage Accounting Question regarding a capital expenditure, depreciation, and disposal after 2 years.

Analyst Interview -

Anonymous interview candidate in Vancouver
Interviewed: 2012
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Just a simple phone interview. One analyst from the office called and conducted an interview for 15 minutes. The interview is consisted of both behavioral and technical questions.
Interview Questions
If you were buying a vending machine business, would you pay a higher multiple for a business where you owned the machines and they depreciated normally, or one in which you leased the machines? The cost of depreciation and lease are the same dollar amounts and everything else is held constant.
Two companies have the exact same financial profiles and are bought by the same acquirer, but the EBITDA multiple for one transaction is twice the multiple of the other transaction – how could this happen?