I had 3 interviews starting on March 2020, and unfortunately I did not have a good experience. For the following reasons: -The second interview was very unprofessional because the interviewer did not have the questions ready at the beginning of the interview - They also make you find information on 50 companies. This process takes several hours to complete, and I do believe this is something they do to get work done for free. If this is about testing your knowledge, they should send you 10 or 15, but not 50 companies. - They pay minimum wage for the analyst position and they don't pay their interns. Also, SFA got sued for not paying its interns back in 2018.

I have applied online and got contacted back I believe two weeks later. Then I got a phone interview and after the phone interview, I moved to the second part which was a test on Excel. The test was about analyzing companies worthy of being acquired (by looking at characteristics such as industry cycle, productivity...). I had a deadline of 3 days to submit my work. After submitting it I haven't got a reply back! Not even a "we're sorry you're not selected". Which is pretty disrespectful considering the amount of effort and time this test took me! (about over 20 companies to analyze). Now thinking about it I don't want to join a company that doesn't care about candidates! that only pay minimum wage for a private equity analyst position! and that is only here to profit on international students desesperation!