S&P Global
- 20
- questions
- 5
- stages
How the process runsTypical for a large company's corporate development or finance program
- 1ApplicationTypicalMany companies hire undergraduates into finance leadership or rotation programs, with corp dev as one rotation.
- 2Phone screenTypicalA recruiter call on your background, why the company, and the program's rotations.
- 3First roundTypicalBehavioral interviews plus finance questions: reading statements, valuing a business, and a short business case.
- 4Final roundTypicalSeveral interviews, sometimes a case presented to a panel.
- 5OfferTypicalUsually within days of the final round.
Timing between stages shows on each program page once students report it. Firms change formats by year and office; the firm's own invite is the final word.
What it tends to weighTypical of a large company's corporate development or finance program
- Owning a business's numbers: budgets, forecasts, and why a result came in where it did.
- Acquisitions judged on return on invested capital and on whether the company can integrate them.
- Clear communication with operators who are not finance people.
- behavioral
- 5 questions
- technicals
- 9 questions
- modeling
- 3 questions
- markets
- 3 questions
The S&P Global set is Pro
20 questions, 4 written for S&P Global, run as a drill with a 80% pass mark.
Topic drill sets stay free, one a day.
7 days of Pro. No card, nothing to cancel.