I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at U.S. Sterling Securities
Interview
Great boutique securities firm for recent college graduate to start out at and learn about institutional fixed-income trading. Management has a great personality and they are there to help teach you. They will provide you with any tools needed to help you succeed and you get exposure to a broad array of fixed-income products.
The hiring process is average in difficulty but a strong resume is required and a cover letter helps to show interest. The interviewers range from analysts to managing directors to owners of the firm and they do not expect you to know the answer to every question but strong familiarity with bond market technical questions and well thought out qualitative questions are important.