How typical is it for an IB to conduct three (or more) phone interviews? Or could it mean they weren't able to decide based on the first two if they want to invite on-site? Thank you!

Goldman, right? Routine.

Even GS does not do that for every candidate, and I've never heard of anyone else doing three phone interviews.

Thank you for answers!It's not GS though... What can I think it is supposed to mean? Maybe they just like talking to me?

Since this is way into the tails of the distribution, I can only guess.Guess 1 is that some hamfisted attempt to save money means they can't reimburse you for interview travel expenses.#2 You are replacing someone there, and they don't want them to find out yet.#3 The managers feel they are too busy to commit to a lump of time for interviews.

I had a similar experience with JPMorgan but it was for an internship!

two interviews should be common. right? then three is so rare?also, is that true many places don't reimburse travel cost for interviews? or does this depend if the interview comes from headhunters

QuoteOriginally posted by: protwo interviews should be common. right? then three is so rare?also, is that true many places don't reimburse travel cost for interviews? or does this depend if the interview comes from headhuntersPerhaps if I was interviewing at the prestigious (Rand fans take note) Uncle Joe’s Quick Stop, then I might take the bill. Anyone else gets to reimburse me.

QuoteOriginally posted by: protwo interviews should be common. right? then three is so rare?Phone screens are intended to see if you have the minimal requirements to be worth further effort. Two phone interviews either happens because the firm wants to people with different skill sets to talk to you or else it means that the first interviewer isn't sure what to do and needs a second opinion. A third phone interview is odd, because if they've decided to spend time on you, it's much more efficient to bring you in and have lots and lots of people talk to you.Quotealso, is that true many places don't reimburse travel cost for interviews?Most places do reimburse travel since the few hundred dollars for an interview is a minor expense in the grand scheme of things. However, it's much better to be in the NYC area and camp out at a hostel, because flying back and forth just adds delay in the system, and if you are in NYC, you can schedule an interview at a moments notice, and pack two or three interviews in a day.

QuoteOriginally posted by: twofishit's much better to be in the NYC area and camp out at a hostel, because flying back and forth just adds delay in the system, and if you are in NYC, you can schedule an interview at a moments notice, and pack two or three interviews in a day.If you are not single and/or have a day time job in another part of the country then you cannot "camp out in a hostel" in NYC.

QuoteOriginally posted by: twofishMost places do reimburse travel since the few hundred dollars for an interview is a minor expense in the grand scheme of things. However, it's much better to be in the NYC area and camp out at a hostel, because flying back and forth just adds delay in the system, and if you are in NYC, you can schedule an interview at a moments notice, and pack two or three interviews in a day.previously I also think reimbursing travel should be the norm for interviews, but recently i get several interviews not of this kind. some of them simply don't talk about reimbursement at all, some of them will book the ticket but didn't cover anything else, just one is willing to pays all. there is one bank, which booked the air ticket and also actively told me that they can reserve a hotel room for me. but when i arrived very late that night, just find yes they reserved a room but they didn't pay for it.....

QuoteOriginally posted by: propreviously I also think reimbursing travel should be the norm for interviews, but recently i get several interviews not of this kind. some of them simply don't talk about reimbursement at all, some of them will book the ticket but didn't cover anything else, just one is willing to pays all. there is one bank, which booked the air ticket and also actively told me that they can reserve a hotel room for me. but when i arrived very late that night, just find yes they reserved a room but they didn't pay for it.....May I ask what kind of a job/company is that? Was it in Europe, UK, or US? To me the issue of paying/not paying for travel to the interview is very similar (if not identical) to the one of paying/not paying salary later on.