I applied online. I interviewed at Piper Sandler (Minneapolis, MN) in Aug 2017
Interview
First, I received an e-mail notification about a phone interview. The phone call took approximately 20 minutes and was completely fit-based. Shortly thereafter, received notification about a superday. The superday was 3.5 hours and involved 5+ interviews. Mostly behavioral and fit, however, there were a couple general technicals.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself? Why IB? Why MM banking? Why Minneapolis over NYC?
Decent difficulty, good amount of technical questions as well as basic behavioural, but nothing too out of the ordinary. Really know your story and why this firm in particular. Technicals should be pretty sharp
medium difficulty. one technical round and a few personal rounds. went through a hiring team and were pretty reciprocative. interviewed for the consumer investment banking vertical. did not get offer.
After passing the first round, I was invited to a Superday where I completed several back-to-back interviews with senior bankers, focusing on technical skills like valuation methods, financial statements, and behavioral questions about teamwork and problem-solving. Additionally, I was given a technical assessment to build a simple financial model and analyze a hypothetical investment scenario.
