Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Cowen as 66.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.67 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Global Markets Summer Analyst and Software Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Markets Summer Analyst and Software Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Cowen takes an average of 21 days when considering 3 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Markets Summer Analyst roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 28 days).
Interviewed with multiple key stakeholders with STAR questions, questions on prior experience, and goal for next step in career. The company was quick to provide feedback and subsequently give offer.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Cowen (New York, NY) in Mar 2026
Interview
Interviewed for the HCIB group. 2 virtual interviews with analysts and then an in-person superday with 5 back-to-back interviews. Technicals were pretty basic for general and biotech-specific, superday was mostly behavioral with one short technical round.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cowen (New York, NY) in Aug 2024
Interview
Tough. Multiple panel of interviews. I was not prepared and didn’t have the specific knowledge needed to succeed in this interview. On to the next !!! Continuing to work and succeed
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