I came in to interview with a bunch of other candidates, sat through a presentation on the firm, and then took a 30-minute quiz on very basic finance (e.g. "if I buy a stock for $40 and a year later it has risen to $44 and I receive a $1.50 dividend, what is the overall return on my investment?"), some common Excel functions, and a brainteaser or two. After that, I had three 1-on-1 interviews with an HR person and two senior employees who asked me nothing but generic interview questions. All three interviewers seemed bored and uncomfortable the entire time. About 2 weeks went by with no communication and I had to consistently pester HR to get a copied-and-pasted rejection letter from an assistant. THEN less than a week later I was contacted to come in and interview for the same position but with a different group. This time I was sent an application to fill out, whereas last time I had just sent a resume and cover to the HR email and was contacted for an interview shortly after. I was also informed of whom I'd be speaking with, a detail that'd been left out last time. I didn't take the quiz again and my interview experience was somewhat more positive the second time around, but again I had to prod HR to find out whether a decision had been made. I asked for some honest feedback since I had interviewed twice in under a month with no luck, and the response was "We wish you all the best." I got the distinct feeling that I had wasted my time, and, that maybe they had already chosen a candidate before my interview but needed to fill a quota before making a hire or some other HR nonsense. From the employee reviews on Glassdoor, it seems likely that I could've expected the same kind of treatment were I hired.
