Baird Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

After a recruiter stage, I was invited to a superday a week later. It was fairly boilerplate in structure, but what really stood out was the technical-style exercise where I had to draw up pro forma financial statements based on a set of hypothetical transactions.

Before getting to the main round, the stress started early—there was a double recruiter interview that felt like a quick pressure test rather than a casual chat. Once I made it to the superday, the interviews still centered on common fit and experience themes, and the pro forma exercise became the defining moment because it