Senior Associate / VP Interviews
There's always multiple threads around specific firms and their interview processes. Can anyone walk through what a more senior level interview could / would entail?
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At Sr. Associate/VP, interviews are less technical and more about experience, fit, and leadership capability.
Expect the process to be run directly by senior people and that your panels consist of mostly senior people. At my firm because VP is an officer we also ask senior people from other groups (alts, finance, ops, etc) to be part of the panel so that everyone gets a view of the candidate and how they would work with all of the ancillary teams (we are a low ego/tight knit shop so it is really important to get a wide viewpoint on candidates).
I think this hits the nail on the head - they'll be much more focused on the points mrcheese listed. The closest thing to a "technical" I'd expect would be them asking you your market view.
Leadership and culture fit sure, the above posters more or less nails it. I'll add...
- Instead of "technical" on excel or stuff like that, you could (and probably will get), market and firm strategy type questions (like where you would advise this firm/fund go in next 5 years, etc.).
- May get questions on managing people (like interns or whatever), hiring, and training (even if not in your form job descp, I'd think about and have examples ready)
- This one is more context/firm dependent, but you could get questions to sense out how networked/connected you are and how read/able you are to be a "rainmaker" (be that for acquisitions, sales, whatever). The more senior the role the more likely is as those roles typically involve prospecting and dealmaking.
Final point.... they are likely to be more judging your "executive stature". meaning do you look like someone with more senior potential. So how you speak and present yourself will matter a lot more than for analyst/associate interviews where they more expect you look/act "junior". Think of it this way... can this person go speak with an investor/lender/client/etc. and have them be impressed/feeling good about doing business with the firm.
Bump^^ Would you be able to share what type of technical questions you were asked?
So, last time I went through interview rounds, was a bit more senior than the OP's setup. I wasn't given any technical questions where they were trying to judge if I knew the right answer. Just discussions that were "technical" in nature.. like "how would you handle this" or "what data/data sources do you think are best for this"... and some "familiarity" questions like "have you used/trained Argus" and stuff like that. But, no attempts to actually see if I had such technical knowledge/skills, I think my background more than established this. Also, these are all things from conversational parts of interviews (I had many many meetings before the offer), and not like set questions they set out to ask.
i wouldn't write off technicals just yet. I've had take home case studies for multiple senior associate interviews.
Can you share them?
Be sure to tell them where your dad works
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