I am going through the recruiting process at a firm (fairly small but planning on growing) and the general process is a phone interview followed by a superday. After interviewing with an analyst, he had me interview with another analyst, and after that interview I had to do another phone interview with an associate.
I am a non-target, but I don't think that is the reason I had to go through additional interviews. I thought it may have been because I was on the bubble and they weren't sure if they wanted to invite me to a Superday or not but I received very positive responses from the first two interviews.
Why do you suppose they're doing this?
I remember having stuff like this happen with some smaller firms/groups. I would say the reasons are probably A) Phone interview are cost virtually nothing, so it's a way for them to let multiple people get their take on you without having to spend much and B) It can be harder to get a real feel for someone off a phone interview (compared to in person), so often they'll want to be sure before they go through the effort (and money) of bringing you in for a Superday.
Three separate phone interviews seems like a little much (especially two separate ones with analysts- they aren't the important opinions). I had some that might be one phone interview with two people (on junior and mid-level or senior banker) and then another with one senior people.
Edit: Also, I'd guess it has less to do with your school than the method- if you are a firm recruiting via phone interviews it's a lot harder to make decisions based on 20 interviews on different days over the phone than a lineup or 12 or 24 back-to-back interviews at on-campus.
They're analysts and associates at a small firm, and they probably don't have a lot of experience at interviewing yet, meaning a lot less confidence. Whenever I interview someone, I always want to get a second opinion before I suggest the firm spend $500 on a round trip plane ticket for someone to come out and interview. If you're the guy who recommended the interview on your own, the interviewee can make you look like a knucklehead. But if two smart people get something wrong, maybe you're not all crazy.
Whether you get a 2nd round interview or not says very little about you as a candidate for employment IMHO. And the lengthy phone interview process if anything might suggest that the interviewers were leaning your way but lacked the confidence to call it on their own.
Yes, it's sad, but a lot of the outcomes in life are beyond your control. That's why you have to keep interviewing.
Yes, I would have to agree with the comments that your multiple interviews are more a sign of inexperienced interviewers rather than your background or performance during those interviews. I'm not sure how small this company is, but if it's too small to have a dedicated HR/recruiting staff, it is more likely that hiring decisions are spread out amongst the investment professionals (which it sounds like). It can be tough to coordinate the schedules of multiple people, and while recruiting is very important - they are more likely to push you and your interviews to the side for client/deal work.
Sounds like you're on the right track, so keep at it dude.
I see that you went to Johns Hopkins. They closed the Den for 'fire code violations'. very disappointing.
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