I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Baird (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2011
Interview
I applied for the investment banking financial analyst position through our school's career center. It was a 30 minute on-campus interview and their questions were mostly behavioral and fit based questions. They started with the usual tell me about yourself/walk me through your resume question. They also asked simple valuation questions. They were mostly related to DCF valuation and spreading comps but they also asked about CIM (I had mentioned on my resume that I drafted a part of the CIM during my internship).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They didn't ask many difficult questions, I think the most difficult question was "walk me through a DCF Valuation Model"
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Baird (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2013
Interview
I applied for an on-campus interview through the campus career website, endured a 30-minute, double recruiter stress interview, and was invited back for their superday a week later. Fairly boilerplate superday; I guess the only thing that stuck out to me was that we had to draw up pro forma financial statements based on a series of 15 or so hypothetical transactions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through how a positive change in deferred tax expense affects all three financial statements
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Baird in Mar 2013
Interview
Submitted resume on school website. Got a phone interview (mostly behavioral with a few technical questions) with a current Baird analyst then had an on-campus interview (purely technical questions with a stock pitch) then was invited to Super Day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for a middle market bank as opposed to a bulge bracket bank?