Standard and Poors Interview Questions

21 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (95%)

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.

3.9
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (84%)

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.

2.7
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (68%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews 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 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 reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

40%
  • 0%
  • 10%
  • 20%
  • 30%
  • 40%
  • 50%
  • 60%
  • 70%
  • 80%
  • 90%
  • 100%

Interviews at Standard and Poors

Filter by:
Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
Intern
Year 2023
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Sales
Location London
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2022
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location Beijing
Experience
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2022
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Research Analyst
Year 2021
Job Title Research Analyst
Group/Division Research
Location Stockholm
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2020
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2020
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2019
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Credit Risk
Location Beijing
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2018
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Global Markets
Location houston
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2018
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location Hong Kong
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Standard and Poors Examples

Sales Intern Interview - Sales

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: March 2023
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Background Check
Interview
1st round was the manager of the DVA team doing a competency based interview , 2nd round is two associates with a more motivational based interview , barely technical. 3rd is w MD where you have to pitch an app
Interview Questions
Pitch me an App?
What is our business model?

Credit Summer Analyst Interview - Credit Risk

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Just had first round phone screen. Basic questions, tell me about yourself, why credit, why S&P, why is your background relevant to this job, greatest strength + weakness, tell me about a time you failed. No trick questions here just be sure to know why you want the job, do your research on the company.
Interview Questions
What makes your background relevant

Index Production Analyst Interview -

Anonymous interview candidate in Beijing
Interviewed:
Outcome
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Background Check
Interview
I first got a written test, and it seemed they didn't really care about the written test at all. Because I had no clue on the written test, I basically just googled the questions and wrote down whatever I could. It was mainly about corporate actions, index treatments, ex-dates, etc. The first interview was with the line manager. Easy, standard behavioral questions, technical questions are not hard as well, mainly basic finance questions. If you prep'ed for IB, and S&T interviews, you are good. For nonfinance majors, I recommend going through CFA level I materials(Corporate Finance, Portfolio Management, Equity).

Been in this role for a year now, this is a quite monotonous role, not many growth or exit options. But the WLB is one of the best in the industry. If you are really interested in indices, this is not bad.
Interview Questions

Credit Analyst Interview - Credit Risk

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: February 2022
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
- 1st round is HR and behavioral
- 2nd and 3rd rounds are with Credit Analysts/Associates and focus on the basics of the 3 financial statements, what a credit rating is, and what sorts of factors influence a rating for a company. Also questions on the general economic climate.
Interview Questions
Most important financial statement for credit analysis

Research assistant Interview - Research

Anonymous employee in Stockholm
Interviewed: January 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Background Check
Interview
Applied online, and after some weeks made it to a short list. After some 1-2 weeks got invited to first round, followed by second round 1-2 after. Offer 1.5 - 2 weeks later.
Interview Questions
For the FIG - questions such as how would you go about rating a bank. How does the banking market's outlook appear in x years, in x region etc. Also questions related to knowledge already gained in the industry, so very subjective.

Intern Interview - Credit Risk

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: December 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Background Check
Interview
The overall interview was very pleasant. Interviewed by campus recruiter first followed by follow up interviews from head of two sector groups.
Interview Questions
Was asked to discuss steps in analyzing the credit situation on a made up company.

Risk solution intern Interview - Credit Risk

Anonymous employee in Beijing
Interviewed: August 2019
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
It is an off-cycle internship, so the whole process was quite simple. I got the recruiting information through alumni. The interview was just behavioral and stressed a lot on can-do attitude.
Interview Questions
How well can you use Python? (but it turned out no programming was used in this internship)

Commodity Associate Program at S&P Global Platts Interview - Global Markets

Anonymous interview candidate in houston
Interviewed: November 2018
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Other
Interview
Location: Houston, TX


I was offered an interview through my university's career expo where i met with the recruiter and analyst of the firm. after about 3 months i was contacted by the recruiter who asked me to complete the hirevue. The hiring process included 4 rounds total. The first round was a 15 minute video interview through hirevue which was basic questions such as tell me about yourself, what did you enjoy learning about S&P. 2nd round was a phone call with the recruiter which added to the previous questions and walked through your resume. 3rd round was an invitation to the office containing one test consisting of math, editorial and qualitative pieces which lasted about 3 hours. 4th interview was the super day that included another invitation to the office, two 30 minute interviews and one skills test with a trader. they asked a lot of behavioral questions--i.e- what was the biggest challenge in your life; why would you not want to be a trader; what do you know about S&P global platts?

Program- the interview process was a little too lengthy for the program Commodity Associate Program (CAPS). CAPS is a 7 month program designed to train individuals towards covering different commodity markets. after completing the program, the individual is placed into a commodity upon the company's discretion.

Culture- S&P culture was very relaxed and chill. they emphasized that their employees never work more than 40 hours because they cover markets and must submit assessments at 1:30 PM EST every day. they offer many perks such as paid parking downtown, fitness reimbursements and organized company events.

Recommendations- understand the program and know current trends in a commodity market such as crude oil or natural gas. remain natural throughout the process, appear genuine and definitely ask questions after the interview. try to maintain a light but confident tone while understanding the role may not be demanding.


Interview Questions
1. Most difficult question: what was the biggest challenge in your life and how did you over come this challenge? what did you learn from this challenge, and how will this challenge positively affect your life and career moving forward
2. difficult questions: tell me a time when you presented complicated information to an audience only using images or pictures? how did this presentation go and how were you able to make a complicated subject more comprehensible.
3. unexpected question: how long did you prepare for this interview? why did u prepare for this interview? what did you learn about this company and what is something that you would change about this interview process.

CREDit Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Hong Kong
Interviewed: February 2018
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
3-4 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
Applied online, then video interview. After 2-3 weeks, there will be first round interview with an analyst (3 years experience). After 1 month, there will be second round interview with 2 directors. After another month, I interviewed with another director.
Interview Questions
One of the unexpected questions I met with was as below:

- What else do you want me to know about you?
- And a lot of what else.....
I didn't expect that question, as it was almost the end of the interview. I was thinking being asked about whether or not have further questions. But it seems that we were just in the middle of the process. After this question, I was asked some other questions on personal experience. Overall, it was a great experience. Just need to be used to unexpected fun questions and enjoy them.

Summer Analyst Interview - Credit

Anonymous employee in Frankfurt
Interviewed: 2016
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
S&P launched their Summer Analyst Programme in Frankfurt a year ago. The first round is conducted via HireVue and the second round via two phone interviews with Analysts in other offices (e.g. London or Paris). The third round is comprised of personal interviews in the Frankfurt office.
Interview Questions
1. What are the key ratios to look at when evaluating the credit worthiness of a company?

2. What are the main criteria to look at when conducting a credit rating?

3. What are the potential impacts of Brexit on the European economy? Do you expect the impact to be less/more severe than anticipated by the mainstream press?

4. What are the main economic differences between the US and North Korea?

5. What are the potential implications of a Trump government?

6. Why S&P and why not IB (especially interesting if you had IB internships before)?
$5bn+
Est Annual Revenue

Unlock WSO Database

1 month free. Add your own pay data.