SMB Capital Interview Questions

4 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (41%)

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.

3
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (53%)

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.

2.3
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at SMB Capital

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Job Title
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Location
Experience
Difficulty
Intern
Year 2021
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Very Negative
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2020
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2015
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Prop Trading
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Very Easy
Trader
Year 2010
Job Title Trader
Group/Division Trading
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - SMB Capital Examples

Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: December 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Had initial call and made it through to a superday. Spoke with 3 women, first one was very nice mostly behavioral, second one was the same all though she didn’t speak very good English, the third lady had been there for a month and seemed pissed off to be interviewing someone, grilled me with technicals for 10 minutes, I answered all of them correctly and she was like ok got to go. Interviews were all supposed to be 30 min.
Interview Questions
What happens to cashflow with 10% depreciation

Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Submitted resume via campus recruiting platform. Heard back after about 1 month, then had a preliminary zoom call with two analysts from different divisions.
Interview Questions
Questions were quite straightforward. Most interesting question was to talk about something learned in a finance class that I found compelling and why. We talked about the balance sheet valuations for real estate and other property.

New/Developing Trader Interview - Prop Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: April 2015
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Personality Test
Interview
Submitted online app
Interview Questions
What is the biggest failure of your life?

Trader Interview - Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2010
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Met with the partner during on campus recruiting and went to their office to attend one of their review sessions. It was an interesting experience and the partners seemed interested in the development of their hires.
Interview Questions
What trading websites or blogs do you read?

The correct answer here is anything linked by their website or any trading blog in general. Be sure to talk about it cohesively as they are probably familiar with the author.
What skill do you think is necessary to be a good trader?

They expect you to have traded before or have talked to traders in the past and understand some key traits. An example could be following a strict process with limits or emotional control.