MacKay Shields Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (15%)

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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.

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Interview Difficulty (45%)

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 Difficult

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2nd Year Associate
Year 2013
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Investment Management
Location New York
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Interview Questions & Answers - MacKay Shields Examples

Associate - Investment Management Interview - Investment Management

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: June 2013
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
Initial phone screen. Then a 1 on 1 interview with group head. Then 3 on one interview with other group heads and members of the team.
Interview Questions
Very behavioral focused:
1.
Why would we not hire you today?

2.
Tell me about a time when you worked on a project that you were unable to complete or failed at. Why did you fail and what would you do differently next time?

3.
On our trading floor some of our traders and portfolio managers can get quite angry and heated in the moment: Tell me about a time when you have had to deal with unruly personalities? How did you overcome the situation or ease the tension?

4.
How do you value a company with negative cash flows?