Silicon Valley Bank Interview Questions

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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Silicon Valley Bank (Palo Alto, CA) in October 2017.

Interview

I was initially interviewed on campus by a managing director. He led the conversation and asked me a total of five formal questions. He mainly wanted to know if SVB made sense for me considering my experiences.

After that, I was flown to the Palo Alto office for a Superday. It consisted of five formal interviews, a lunch with associates, and a writing sample. Everything was very laid back.

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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Silicon Valley Bank (Broomfield, CO) in February 2013.

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Typical phone screen questions followed by a video interview which was kind of awkward. There were set questions that would appear on-screen, then you were given a couple minutes to answer. After that, was invited to interview in person.

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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Silicon Valley Bank.

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Series of approx. 4 phone interviews and in-person interviews with 4 different people during one appointment.

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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Silicon Valley Bank in October 2013.

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Was initially contacted by the HR saying that I am invited to a Video interview and if I passed the video interview I will be advanced to the final in person interview. However after the initial interview I had 3 more unexpected phone interviews. All were fit interviews and the last round with the manager only lasted 20 minutes since the manager has double booked herself. Overall I felt that SVB was very disorganized with their recruiting process.

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I applied through college or university. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Silicon Valley Bank (San Jose, CA) in May 2016.

Interview

Overall very reasonable timeline contacted by a campus recruiter and went to interview process, average difficulty, phone interview-video screening-follow up phone call, fast response afterwards. No offer, but still satisfied experience at all.

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Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took a week. I interviewed at Silicon Valley Bank (San Francisco, CA) in March 2016.

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Phone interview is very straightforward, no surprise questions. Based on resume and your skills. Since I am a new graduated student and do not have enough past work experience, recruiter asked if I have past work experience. Why svb, why this position. Details about my past projects and resources I have used.

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I applied through other source. The process took 4+ months. I interviewed at Silicon Valley Bank (San Francisco, CA) in February 2016.

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Multiple phone and in person interviews. They asked multiples questions pertaining to fit and technical skills. Technical questions were relaxed and not complex finance questions. Process took very long to get an offer approved.

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I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Silicon Valley Bank (Palo Alto, CA) in April 2015.

Interview

Simple and straightforward interview process. The interview consisted of a phone screen, in person written test, interview panel, and a day long interview session. All of the interviewers were friendly, and straightforward - they did not try to trick you.

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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Silicon Valley Bank (Boston, MA).

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The interview process takes a long time , call with HR, some face to face meetings, a case study, met some people on the team I was interviewing for too.

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Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Silicon Valley Bank (Boston, MA).

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I applied online with an employee referral and then did a phone interview with a recruiter from California. He asked a lot of questions about "why banking" and continued pressing me to talk more about that. It was pleasant and helpful, just not the job for me.

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Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Silicon Valley Bank.

Interview

Met with 2 people at 1st round interview and then another 4 at 2nd round interview. They didn't ask technical questions; rather they were asking for solutions, commitment, and sense of urgency.