I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Macquarie Group (Sydney) in Jan 2013
Interview
Since I interned at Deloitte over the summer a lot of the interview felt very conversational because it was very easy for me to establish rapport. Especially because I knew a lot of the Corporate Finance colleagues over in Sydney that my interviewers have had contact with. The content of the interviews felt very informal and I wasn’t asked many difficult questions. Most of them relate to my experiences over the summer in the audit division of Deloitte and there was (as expected) a very heavy focus on my motivations on applying to corporate finance, much so than any of the other interviews I had done before. I think this was because my interviewers had access to my feedback reports and were decently impressed, so instead they focused on my motivations. There was definitely quite a lot of chit chat during the interview that was related to nothing in particular, this is definitely related to my position rather than reflecting the interview style at Deloitte. Generally if you reach a state in the interviewers where the interviewer likes you and is satisfied with your performance they will steer the interview to this direction. But it is important to still use the appropriate (STAR) structure when responding to trivial questions, if you act too casual this can also be bad for you.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your least favorite class and why didn’t you like it?
It went well, three rounds, some qualitative, some quantitative. It was generally easy but the analysts were a little tougher than the senior guys. overall, the interviews were okay. It was conducted through video rather than in-person or on the phone.
I applied online. I interviewed at Macquarie Group (New York, NY) in Feb 2024
Interview
hr 15 minute coffee chat call- completely casual, tell me somethings you know about the company, do you have any questions about the company. just have to pass this to be considered for the next round of applicants
Behavioral and technical both were with analyst and associate. Basic and no surprises and over zoom. 45 min each. I found out about the interview about 5 days before interviewing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is something in the news you’ve been following?
Investment Banking Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Macquarie Group with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Investment Banking Analyst roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 26 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Macquarie Group overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Macquarie Group as a Investment Banking Analyst according to 26 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 14%
Personality test: 14%
Phone interview: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 10%
Presentation: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Background check: 4%
Other: 1%
Drug test: 1%
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