Investment Banking Summer Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Stifel Financial with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Investment Banking Summer Analyst roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 21 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Stifel Financial overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Stifel Financial as a Investment Banking Summer Analyst according to 21 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 18%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Skills test: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Background check: 4%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Stifel Financial (New York, NY) in Feb 2023
Interview
Fairly straightforward - just hirevue and then a superday with easy technicals - walk me through $10 of depreciation, tell me about a DCF, etc. Behaviorals are also pretty straightfoward- why do you want to work in banking, tell me about yourself.
Positive experience
Easy interview
Application
I interviewed at Stifel Financial (New York, NY)
Interview
Six 20 minute interviews.
There was 1 technical and 5 behavioral interviews. There were 7 interviewers in total. Fairly easy, apart from 1 interview where the MD asked very specific questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Stifel Financial (New York, NY) in Jan 2026
Interview
hireview in december, superday invite 2ish weeks after. superday is 7 interviews, fairly easy, one technical, also fairly easy, lots of situational and why ib. nice people tbf. got offer fairly quickly in the process.
I had a first round hirevue interview (mix of behavior, technical, and brain teaser questions) and super day. The super day was 3 rounds (2 normal, 1 technical) I went through diversity program so accelerated process. Prepare a good Why Stifel and Why IBD?
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Question 1
Why Stifel? Why IBD? Can you tell me about a time that you worked on a team?