Paradigm Capital Interview Questions

2 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (64%)

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.

4
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (88%)

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.

3.5
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Paradigm Capital

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Year 2021
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location Toronto
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Year 2020
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location Toronto
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Interview Questions & Answers - Paradigm Capital Examples

Investment Banking Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: September 2021
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Interview
Initial 1on1 phone interview. Next round was a case to provide an investment thesis on one of their previous advisory transactions. Meeting with junior team and finally super day with senior team
Interview Questions
Lots of personal and fit questions. Important for a small boutique. Tough to prepare for, just have to be yourself

Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: February 2020
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Interview
Originally had an interview with an analyst on phone. Then 2 on 1 interview with 2 analysts. Then had to analyze a recent M&A deal they executed. Final round with MD.
Interview Questions
Behavioral: Tell me about yourself, why paradigm, why investment banking, which one of our deals interested you, why do you want to work in Toronto, What would your friends say about you, tell me about a time that you had a conflict and how you handled it...

Technical: Walk me through DCF, what's different in a dcf for technology companies (said i was interested in tech during interview), how would you project revenue for tech companies, what is wacc, what adjustments can you make on wacc, accretion dilution question based on two companies with PE multiples 100% all stock deal.