Cowen Investment Banking Analyst interview experience

I went through a phone screen and then into a technical conversation that was fairly straightforward—nothing looked especially advanced, but it still took a long stretch of time between hearing I’d advanced and actually doing the next step. The pacing made it hard to stay fully locked in.

Across the rounds, the technical questions ended up being on the easier side, while the overall structure still took longer than I expected. I remember that the turnaround between stages hovered around a few weeks, so by the time I was back in the process, I was mostly relying on what I already had ready