Pharus Advisors Interview Questions

8 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (68%)

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3.4
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (87%)

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.

2.9
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Pharus Advisors

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Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
Intern
Year 2026
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2025
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2025
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Toronto
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Very Easy
1st Year Analyst
Year 2023
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2020
Job Title Intern
Group/Division N/A
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2013
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Pharus Advisors Examples

Summer analysr Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: February 2026
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Cold applied as soon as it came out and received call for R1. Got asked standard behaviourals and some basic accounting and merger questions and a brain teaser about airplanes and golf balls. Did not get a call back for R2.
Interview Questions
How many golf balls fit in an airplane (mental math)

Investment Banking Fall Intern Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: January 2025
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
Interview process was pretty simple. I reached out to one of the associates on the team, heard back and was set up on an information call. Was used as my R1 where I was asked half behavioral and half technical (deal they did, why pharus, what is a DCF, three statements, valuation methods, and mid-year convention use?)
Then got pushed to a round 2 a month later, all behavioral with like 1 technical. Then moved onto a third round back to back which was also behavioral.
Interview Questions
Nothing really.. maybe the brain teaser but that too was pretty simple to me.. it was just common sense but in terms of the hardest question, the brain teaser would be the "hardest" question.

Senior Associate Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: June 2025
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
Emailed on a Monday by head recruiter, did a skills assessment the same day and had a follow up the next week. 3 leetcode mediums at the in person roynd
Interview Questions
Car traffic matching leetcode 1089 I was given 30 mins for this

Investment Banking Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: June 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I had 2 separate calls with the found and with an associate over zoom. A lot of emphasis on behaviors, such as my story, why this firm, and value-add.
Interview Questions
I was asked to walk through the sell-side M&A process

Investment Banking Intern Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: February 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Cold emailed the firm. Received a request for interview. Lasted about half an hour, no technical questions and the person was interested in my background.
Interview Questions
The interview really digged deep into asking why investment banking and not investment management or private equity? Also asked a lot of questions about my background and what I know about the company. No technical questions and I haven't heard back since the interview despite following up. The interviewer sounded dull and not passionate about the job. Not a great experience overall and a bit weird to be completely honest. Will probably not intern there if I get the opportunity. Interns had great placements into junior summer according to the interviewr.

internship Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: April 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Pretty standard. They had me come in for a 30 min interview and just asked me a few questions. They said they would get back to me in a couple weeks because they weren't sure exactly how any interns they wanted to bring on. I followed up, but the interviewer literally said they just got stuck with a ton of work and they are putting their intern hiring process on hold for a bit. Never heard from him again...
Interview Questions
Will you be able to work 15-20 hours while you are in school?

I kind of expected this question, but the issue was I thought i'd be able to work at night and they weren't interested in only nights. They actually wanted me to be there 2-3 days, which I couldn't because my schedule was already set.
Why Pharus?

With such a small shop it is pretty difficult to give them a good answer for this one. There wasn't much information on their website and I couldn't reach out to people working there because there was literally 2 md's 1 associate and analyst.

Internship Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: March 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
20 min in person intervierw. Mostly just spoke about my background and what an intern would do at the firm.
Interview Questions
There really were no unexpected questions/difficult questions. The whole interview was very behavioral and we ended up just chatting about the places we live.

Internship Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: March 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
20 min in person intervierw. Mostly just spoke about my background and what an intern would do at the firm.
Interview Questions
There really were no unexpected questions/difficult questions. The whole interview was very behavioral and we ended up just chatting about the places we live.
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