How many people are usually competing per spot in an interview process for MM?
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Superdays would bring in 12-15 people for 3-4 spots
I used to work in a regional office for a middle-of-the-road MM bank. When we ran a process for 2 FT analyst spots, we had ~40 candidates who reached the phone screen round, and more applicants that did not make the screen. We narrowed it down to ~20 for first round interviews and then it progressed from there.
Any idea how many candidates you were looking at by the final round when deciding those 2 offers?
Yeah the other comments are similar to ours. Usually 2-3 people per spot. Usually comes down to culture fit assuming they interviewed well.
Probably like 6-9 people in the superday round
In my experience for experienced or lateral hires looking to fill 1 or 2 positions its been 4-6 candidates that make it to the superday.
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