I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Santander (Los Angeles, CA) in Mar 2024
Interview
Pretty standard summer analyst interview questions, with a bit more emphasis placed on LBOs and leveraged finance given financial sponsors is one of the focus areas of the office. Basic understanding of LBO modeling and debt is crucial.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Santander (Los Angeles, CA) in Jan 2026
Interview
First round tech screen, and then straight to superday, was definitely a difficult process and would really prepare anything and everything about LBOs, overall very nice people with wide variety of backgrounds
1.tell me about yourself
2.team work
3.why do you want to work in investment banking
4.why do you want to work for santander
5.strength
6.weakness
7.some followups
most of behavioral questions not difficult
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2.team work
3.why do you want to work in investment banking
4.why do you want to work for santander
5.strength
6.weakness
7.some followups
most of behavioral questions not difficult
3 rounds of interview, first 2 rounds with HR including one phone interview and one video interview, final rounds AC 4*30min including behaviour, case study and technicals, interview was not hard