Baird SA 2021
I know that Baird is starting recruiting now, and thought I would start a thread on it. I have a phone screen on Tuesday. Anyone who already had theirs, how did it go, what questions were asked?
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Next Tuesday?
Just had my phone screen. Questions are all behavioral and they just want to know more about you 1) why banking 2) why Baird 3) why mm, and of course tell me about yourself. good luck!
Thanks! did they ask about any deals, industry trends, etc?
I didn’t get any questions regarding industry trends. They did ask if you were to be placed in a particular industry group at Baird, which would it be? this one was tricky because everyone will say their top group group, hard to sell an industrials story though.
Went through their process before, generally one of the weirder ones and my least favorite of all processes I went through, they really stress WHY MM and cultural fit. If they sense you are also in the process with BBs they won't be interested.
I interviewed for the summer associate role last fall. They are big on culture fit and why MM. I applied to Milwaukee so they touched that. Had some general LBO questions too - more so than other other banks I interviewed with. Then the general ones....three statements and how they connect, main valuations and if DA goes up 10 how are the statements impacted. Good luck!
I had my interview with Baird as well.
In the screen they asked the basics like why baird, why MM, why banking and tell me about yourself. The process will be a couple of more phone interviews and then a superday in April.
How many screens did you have?
This was my first screen interview. Haven't heard back yet (its been a day since my interview) but I would expect the next phone interviews to be more of technical questions.
I had my first phone screen about 2 weeks Week of feb 17th and haven’t heard back.
I know kids have been rejected tho buddy of mine go rejected like 7 days after phone screen
*If it matters, go to a Target school
lol in exact same situation as you. Phone screen 2 wks ago havent heard back since.
Just had my phone screen this morning and he said I will hear back in a week or two.
did anyone get invited to the next round?
nope
I just did
Had a couple screening / networking calls and should have an official first round sometime in the next week or so. Everything relating to LBO, MM fit, why Baird is true. Haven't gotten a weird vibe though like some of the others, seems like an interesting bank and I like that they have a no-asshole policy/culture.
Update for me. Just got invited to next round of interviews. I assume it will be a similar set of questions as phone screen with some other technicals worked in. Would love any insight anyone has into this next interview round. thanks
Are they video interviews or phone calls?
Phone screen
I’ve yet to get a response from a phone screen almost 3 weeks back... does that mean I’m dinged it’s is the interviewer just slow in sending in comments?
It took me nearly 5 weeks to hear back for the second round
A lot has been going on with the markets and scrambling, kinda makes sense lol
Just had a phone screen this week, process must be ongoing.
Congratz on moving to the second round. What was it like? Did it consist of only technicals?
I had zero technicals on second round
Has anyone else heard back from Baird yet? Regarding the second round/superday.
nope. interviewed over 2 weeks ago and have not gotten a response
What does the status on the career portal say?
had first round last week, mostly behavioral with the questions listed above but there was small technical portion (basic valuation questions nothing bad at all)
What does your status say?
It says candidate under consideration, guy on the phone told me they'll decide on who moves forward end of the month/early April and plan to have superday mid may. This was before corona got super super crazy tho so timeline may be adjusted, not sure.
What groups/offices are you all applying for?
I applied what I believe is a generalist. they didn’t ask me for a preference and I didn’t mention one. Thus, I believe that most of the applications will be general and then after being selected there will be groups assigned depending on our ppreferences and what they need.
Has anyone received a second round?
Did second round almost two weeks ago
any word after your second round ab a superday?
did you hear back about superday? I'm having my second round in 2 days.
Just received a second round invite today.
Me too. Was your first round only behaviorals? I wonder if they're going to incorporate technical questions into the second round. The associate I talked to said that the second round is going to be very similar to the first.
Do you want to PM me?
Does anyone have any Idea whether Baird usually provides an exploding offer or not? Because Baird's recruiting is so early on and other banks (BBs) might potentially delay their recruiting. Thus, it might become difficult to leverage the offer or accelerate another interview process.
When I recruited last year, I was given a week to accept the offer before it exploded
Wow. That is going to be a difficult situation to be in. Were you able to leverage it?
For second round, were there any technicals asked?
Had my second round this week. Was informed that a decision will be made by end of next week or early week after that. Super day will be mid-april or late april but definitely april.
Did they ask anything technical?
Depends on what your resume has. I would side with if you don't say you know something, they wouldn't ask you technicals.
Did anyone hear back after the second round?
Just had a second round this morning. The associate said that I will hear back within the next couple of weeks.
Same, second screen today and said at least a week or two
Just got dinged after second round.
Dinged. Did not network so I'm not surprised. I wonder if anyone was able to move through without networking?
Jeez they're already laying out the dings this early. Ruthless!
Did someone move on to next round? if yes, what is the next round?
Are you referring to second round or superday?
Superday
just heard back and not going to next stage. pretty surprised frankly. anyone else get same email?
Did anyone hear back after 2nd round? I had mine last week, but I am still waiting for the result. Also, does anyone know when is the super day? I was told mid-April, is that still valid?
Had my second round two weeks ago, and haven’t hear back yet.
I was looking at last years thread, and it looks like they notified people the day before the interview. First one is scheduled for the 13th so I would expect to hear about that on the 12th.
Is that date for the Milwaukee office? I had phone interviews with both Milwaukee and Chicago office, but in my second interview, when asked for location preference, I said Chicago. Reading last year's thread, I found out that the Chicago super day was late-April. Does anyone know if that is the case this year?
Heard back for superday today. Did 2nd round about 10 days ago.
When is your superday?
4/13, Chicago
when is the super day? which office are you interviewing with?
when is your super day? which office are you interviewing with?
For the Chicago or Milwaukee office?
For which office?
Do those who heard back go to Baird's target schools (NW, U Chicago, Indiana, ND, Mich ect) or non targets?
non-target
Non-target as well.
michigan is not a target for baird
Does it mean if I haven't received an invite it's a ding? Or are sdp invites still being handed out?
Anyone from a Target school get a super day?
How'd today's super day go for everyone?
Anyone hear back from MKE?
Anyone else hear back from Chicago?
Just got the offer for Chicago by phone
Congrats!
did anyone get a written/analytical assessment for research? if so what can I expect? historically what do these consist of? Thanks in advance
Pm
I am unable to PM but I just received the assessment for research. Would either of you be able to PM me with advice on what to expect? It would be greatly appreciated
did anyone who had a super day today hear back yet?
Not yet, did Chicago today. Wonder how they’re sending out offers/rejections.
do you know if this is the only spd they have? I had my 2nd screen a week ago and haven’t heard back since
Couldn’t have been many people that supered today, so I would think they are going to do more super days. Good luck, hope you hear back.
they're doing another super day next Monday, those are the only two as far as I know
what kind of technicals were you guys asked during your super day? can you comment on the difficulty level?
Super simple technicals, easiest questions I've ever been asked in an interview. Plus brainteasers that you can't really prepare for.
What was the structure of the superday like? What platform did they use to conduct the superday?
Offers are out from superday in MKE yesterday.
Just got an offer for MKE!
Congrats! Hopefully they’re still making calls.
Did anyone receive an invite for the super day taking place this Monday?
haven’t heard anything. think I got dinged. when was your last interview?
My second phone interview was on 31st March. Have you checked your status on their application page? Mine still says candidate under consideration, so I don’t know what to make of it.
Last week, they sent out invites on Thursday for the superday that took place day before yesterday.
Y'all should wait till tomorrow because that's when they'll send invites according to me.
had a second round 2 weeks ago. Just got an email today saying I was rejected
Did anyone get invited for a superday today?
Not yet.
Anyone hear anything today? Been just over two weeks since second round for me as well.
I sent a few follow up emails earlier this week and I didn't get a response from any of those either
Anyone hear back for tomorrow's superday?
Pretty sure it is on Wed not tomorrow
Anyone apply to their DC office? Heard back for first rounds?
Nothing yet
Did you get a first round?
anyone hear back for superday yet?
I
Not yet, still waiting on it
Still waiting as well.
Still waiting here as well.
Did anyone hear back for tomorrow's superday?
Not yet. Have a feeling they are pushing back second round of SPDs due to the virus. Not confirming - just my take.
Just heard back from chicago
Chicago superday?
yeah
did anyone hear back for Milwaukee’s superday?
Haven't heard anything yet.
Btw I heard a few times about Baird but idk how good is this place (for instance in Europe). What are the peers for this company?
Any movement from anyone on SDs?
there was a superday yesterday and they gave out offers last night
Was that the last one or are there more?
Still waiting to hear back. Does anyone know if Chicago has any more super days moving forward?
I sure hope so, but we will see
I applied mid-April for ER and haven’t heard back yet. did I apply too late or will there be another round of interviews?
dinged today
Same
same here
dinged - i got alot of questions about this highly subjective process lol
same. my interview went super well and i connected w the guy, but got dinged. wtf are they looking for?
anyone still waiting to hear back?
Does anyone know if they’ve given updates about summer 2020?
Anyone apply to Tysons Corner and know if that process has started?
Had first round March 27Th and was told I would hear by mid April for a superday on may 15th. Followed up mid April and they said they would send out super day invites in 2-3 weeks and they have pushed back the timeline. Not sure if super day got pushed back. Still haven't heard back.
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