Corporate & Investment Banking Coverage Summer Analyst 2027 Interview - Investment Banking
Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed:
January
2026
Date Submitted:
May 07, 2026
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
The interview process was very straightforward. After applying a few days alter I was sent a link to complete a HireVue, which consisted of 5 questions. They were very cookie-cutter and what you would expect with questions such as: “Why are you the best candidate for this position?” “If you could learn something new in 30 days, what would it be and why?” “What have you done to prepare for this position?” “Tell me about something not on your resume.” “Why SMBC?” Around a month later, I received an invite to a superday. The superday consisted of 3 separate interviews with a 30-minute break in between each. I met with a Director in Industrials, an MD in FID, and a VP in Latin American Private Banking. The interview was entirely behavioral, where they were looking for me to demonstrate fit over any sort of technical skills. There was overall a lot of resume grilling and grilling specific experiences that would be relevant or that I framed to be relevant to the work that I would be doing at SMBC. It was extremely conversational with all 3 interviewwrs being extremely friendly. The only “technical question” that they asked was picking my brain about interest rates and what is affecting lending in today's market and economy.
Interview Questions
I mean, the interview overall stayed within my expectations; it was clear that there was an emphasis on leading and interest rate questions. This is due to the fact that the job is largely corporate banking, as they outsource M&A to Jefferies. I got a lot of questions simply trying to understand my intuition around lending and seeing how plugged in I was to current market conditions, how they are affecting the lending landscape, and how I think that will change or not change in the future. One of the interviewers solely focused on who I was and my personality, which I wasn't expecting from a superday, but it was clear they wanted to see if I was conversational and a well-rounded person. Asking me questions about what I do in my free time, how my friends would describe me, and why I think my personality would be a good fit for investment banking. If I had to choose a single hardest part, I would say the resume grilling as it wasn't asking me to recite experiences, but rather to articulate aspects of them that are relevant to the job, and asking about very specific details. For example, I had done a full stock pitch for Home Depot at the Tuck Business Bridge program and was asked about a recent acquisition by Home Depot's biggest competitor and how that affected my take on the company.
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