Cowen Financial Analyst interview experience

After an initial phone screen stage, I ended up in an in-person superday where the conversation leaned heavily toward behavioral questions—especially how I’d approached past work and the results I’d driven. The technical side existed, but it wasn’t the center of gravity the way it can be elsewhere.

For the technical portion, I found it largely manageable. I was asked typical investment-banking topics and some straightforward finance concepts, and I could tell that the bar was about having a coherent grasp rather than performing under extreme difficulty. One thing that stood out was that at