Cowen General Intern Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 9 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Cowen.
Cowen
Intern
Intern Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Case
I applied for an intern role and went through the process after getting a referral. The interview itself wasn't too bad, although the case study at the end was a bit challenging.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- What are your basic behavioral insights?
- Tell me about your basic technical knowledge.
- Can you walk me through an M&A case study?
Cowen
Intern
Intern Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Phone screen Take home Onsite Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
So there was like one phone call interview, and it was all about technical stuff in machine learning. Then I had to do one take-home assessment, which was a predictive project, and it involved making a classification and a regression program. After that, I had one onsite interview, which was mostly about my experience and some technical things. And then there was another onsite interview, which was also mostly technical.
Confirmed questions6 questions
- Could you share an experience from your resume?
- Can you discuss your experience with machine learning concepts?
- Tell me about the classification program you developed for the take-home assessment.
Cowen
Intern
Intern Difficult Neutral experience No offer 6 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
I had six interviews back to back, each lasting 30-50 minutes, with people ranging from analysts to managing directors. Besides meeting the interviewers, I also got to meet some people from teams focused on areas I'm interested in, like Healthcare.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Can you name all three types of financial valuation models?
- What impact has the trade war had?
Cowen General Intern Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Cowen interview reports.
“What impact has the trade war had?”
Read reports →“Can you name all three types of financial valuation models?”
Read reports →“Can you tell me what you know about IPOs?”
Read reports →“What has been your biggest setback?”
Read reports →“Describe the regression program you created for the take-home assessment.”
Read report →“Can you walk me through an M&A case study?”
Read report →“Tell me about why you applied to Cowen.”
Read report →“Tell me about the classification program you developed for the take-home assessment.”
Read report →“What are your basic behavioral insights?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 9 Cowen interview reports.