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Greenhill Interview - the toughest one in the industry?

Hello guys,

has anyone experienced an interview with Greenhill and can comment on it. Which specific questions do they ask? I have read here that Greenhill pays the highest starting salaries, are interviews accordingly difficult?

Reply 1

Big4Monkey

To answer the second part of your question, no, Greenhill is not most difficult to get into because of its high starting salary. Most high-calibre people would rather go to Goldman Sachs or Citigroup for M&A rather than a lesser-known boutique firm. Similarly on the Fixed Income side, BarCap pay the most but people would rather go to Goldmans, JPMorgan etc for a few grand less. Prestige and future employability from big names is more important than a few more grand.

Reply 2

kb500

John01

Hello guys,

has anyone experienced an interview with Greenhill and can comment on it. Which specific questions do they ask? I have read here that Greenhill pays the highest starting salaries, are interviews accordingly difficult?

The toughest interviews shouldn't be judged on the basis on salary, especially at starting level, rather they should be based on ther status/ranking of the bank. Accordingly the bulge brackets, GS/MS/ML should have the toughest interviews and from personal experience and the experience of others they do. It's interesting that Barcap is renowned for having the most difficult numeracy test though.

Reply 3

rafabenitez

kb500

The toughest interviews shouldn't be judged on the basis on salary, especially at starting level, rather they should be based on ther status/ranking of the bank. Accordingly the bulge brackets, GS/MS/ML should have the toughest interviews and from personal experience and the experience of others they do. It's interesting that Barcap is renowned for having the most difficult numeracy test though.

Its because Barcap dont to M&A or equties, but 'specialise' in the more mathematical element of investment banking. They recruit around 30 grads with Masters in Maths every year - which is quite high. They love maths students, which explains the hard tests.

Reply 4

kb500

ssssb1

Its because Barcap dont to M&A or equties, but 'specialise' in the more mathematical element of investment banking. They recruit around 30 grads with Masters in Maths every year - which is quite high. They love maths students, which explains the hard tests.

Yeah that makes a lot of sense although a very low percentage of the barcap people who came to York had maths backgrounds

Reply 5

rafabenitez

kb500

Yeah that makes a lot of sense although a very low percentage of the barcap people who came to York had maths backgrounds

Yeah, maybe not, were they front office? The 30 MSc students thing was what the grad recruitment woman told me.

Reply 6

kb500

ssssb1

Yeah, maybe not, were they front office? The 30 MSc students thing was what the grad recruitment woman told me.

Yeah all front office bar one.

Reply 7

defiantshrimp

CitigroupTrader

To answer the second part of your question, no, Greenhill is not most difficult to get into because of its high starting salary. Most high-calibre people would rather go to Goldman Sachs or Citigroup for M&A rather than a lesser-known boutique firm. Similarly on the Fixed Income side, BarCap pay the most but people would rather go to Goldmans, JPMorgan etc for a few grand less. Prestige and future employability from big names is more important than a few more grand.

Citigrouptrader is right, having GS/MS/ML/etc. on your CV means you will likely earn a lot more than another entrant to IB. They have the best training, best name and best experience.

Reply 8

Troy :0)

John01

Hello guys,

has anyone experienced an interview with Greenhill and can comment on it. Which specific questions do they ask? I have read here that Greenhill pays the highest starting salaries, are interviews accordingly difficult?

I know someone who interviewed last year with Greenhill, GS, UBS and MS, and found MS much more difficult. My MS interview was VERY difficult (i.e., technical, specific finance questions, economic questions, quite challenging brain teasers etc) in comparison to the other banks that I interviewed with, such as UBS, DB and JPM.

In IB, I don't think salary will tell you much about difficulty of the interview.

Reply 9

ElWilson

14

And it's not like you're on the boundary of poverty with the salary as it is.

Reply 10

President_Ben

15

John01

Hello guys,

has anyone experienced an interview with Greenhill and can comment on it. Which specific questions do they ask? I have read here that Greenhill pays the highest starting salaries, are interviews accordingly difficult?

Didn't have it but know some that did.

It's a very technical interview. Know your basic valuation methods. If you know your stuff, easy, if not, hard.

Greenhill Interview - the toughest one in the industry?

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