For those of you that have had experience with smaller / very regional boutiques for analyst/associate positions, could you please share the extent to which technical knowledge is tested.
I am positive that this would vary in a case by case basis, but just looking to see if they are usually less stringent on the modeling knowledge necessary.
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My experience with MM interviews has been that they are much more focused on behavioral and fit than BBs and elite boutiques. I also had a finance internship last summer and am in a business program (vs. liberal arts background) so I think questions about my experience last summer may have replaced technical questions in my case. YMMV, however.
My firm has ~60 total bankers, and the most "technical" questions I got during analyst interviews were:
What are the branches of ECM? What are the main ways to value a company?
Both with no follow-ups.
Almost every interview was: why banking? why a small firm over a BB? thoughts on long hours?
very few technicals
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