Thomas Weisel Partners Stifel Financial Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (91%)

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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.

4.7
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Interview Difficulty (85%)

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.

3.3
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% Interns - FT Offers (65%)

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.

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Interviews at Thomas Weisel Partners Stifel Financial

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Interview Questions & Answers - Thomas Weisel Partners Stifel Financial Examples

Associate Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in Tel Aviv
Interviewed: February 2013
Date Submitted: Nov 06, 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
In-person
Length of Process
4-5 months
Application
Phone Interview
Presentation
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Associate Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in San Francisco
Interviewed: 2014
Date Submitted: Apr 29, 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
Multiple phone interviews followed by two rounds of on-site interviews, including modeling exam
Interview Questions
Pitch me a business as if you were a sell-side advisor.
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Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview -

Anonymous employee in San Francisco
Interviewed: February 2013
Date Submitted: Mar 13, 2013
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Other
Interview
I applied online in the beginning of December. I contacted the HR directly and applied according to how she told me to apply. At the beginning of January, I received an email that said I had been selected for a first-round phone interview. The email also specified that I had to choose the location where I wanted to work; I chose San Francisco because I was interested in tech, it was closer to where I live than NY, and I thought I had a better chance there. The phone interview was with an analyst, and somehow I passed that to end up in the final round superday (received email less than a week after). The company flew me to SF, and I had three interviews: 1-on-1 with a director, 2-on-1 with analysts, and 1-on-1 with an analyst. The director and last analyst were very laid back and asked mostly fit/resume questions, but one of the analysts in the 2-on-1 grilled me hard on technicals and accounting. I felt very good though because I connected well with the director, and I left the superday interview smiling. They later called me when I was on the train back to the airport with an offer.
Interview Questions
Most difficult in phone interview:
Which valuation method would you use when you are working with a client and why?
I responded with DCF because it is most fundamentally sound in terms of projecting the firm's value. However, the analyst responded that multiples is the best method because it's easier to understand and less assumptions are involved.
Most difficult in superday interview Part 1:
Let's pretend you worked at this company when it was working with LinkedIn. How would you value a company if it had negative cash flows, there weren't any comparable publicly-traded social networking sites, and it was the first software company of its kind to be valued (i.e. no precedent transactions)?
I responded that
1) I didn't know the answer to the question because I was still learning about that industry and its particular valuation methods, but
2) if I had to guess, I would probably use a multiple that incorporated number of users, e.g. growth in users, and then apply it to a percentage estimation of how many of those I would be able to monetize in a future change to the company's business model.
Most difficult in superday interview Part 2:
Okay, but that's only one method, how else would you value the company?
Once again, I said that
1) I was still learning, but
2) I could assume that I might be able to take a multiple off an online dating company (first thing that came to mind), and apply it to LinkedIn. My reasoning was that an online dating company connects people in a similar way to how LinkedIn would connect business people.
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