Simmons and Company Interview Questions
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.
- Very Negative
- Negative
- Neutral
- Positive
- Very Positive
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.
- Very Easy
- Easy
- Average
- Difficult
- Very Difficult
Interview Questions & Answers - Simmons and Company Examples
Summer Associate Interview
Intern Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions
Investment Banking Analyst Interview - Investment Banking
They gave some background details and asked how I would value a specific company.
Corporate Finance Summer Analyst Interview -
Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview -
Interview was twice as long as the other investment banking interviewers and was split into two parts.
Associate went first and was very friendly talked story most of the time. Did brief technical exercise on accounting/typical IB stuff.
HR also interviewed and gauged interest in Simmons style bank (compared to BB or other international banks)
Why do you want to work at Simmons as opposed to other banks to which you are clearly applying?
How much do you know about Simmons?
Why Houston/ O+G space? (Simmons has great rep in Houston banking, competes quite well in OFS)
IBD SA Interview -
Summer Associate Interview -
Most of it was behavioral. Talked about interests and really tried to get a sense about who you were and what motivated you.
They then had a group dinner with all the interviewees dinner where you interacted with 3 to 4 VPs.
The next day was one-on-one interviews with mainly the MDs in the group. I met with 4 MDs and 1 VP and questions were for the most part behavioral.
Overall, the group is pretty laid back. You can tell since most of the interview was behavioral that it's really about how well you fit into the group. Each MD has been there for a long time and the continuity of their experience is what appealed to me about the company.
This came out of left field because every other IB interview was pretty technical. I spoke about my interest in strategy and how it integrated my passion for finance with a deeper understanding of what really creates value for a company.
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