I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Stifel Financial (Baltimore, MD) in Oct 2016
Interview
Had a phone interview in October 2016... two days later I had the superday in the Baltimore office (this is where their industrials group is). Transportation group is really chill and the guys like sports. The chairman is a jerk...and asked me the same question for 20 min straight and told me I did it to myself. Was put on hold. Associates are all cocky. 6 30min interviews
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why would somebody buy a bond with negative interest rates?
walk me through a DCF
walk me through a sell side M&A deal
Is Wacc higher for a tech company or manufacturing company
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?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Stifel? Why IBD? Can you tell me about a time that you worked on a team?
