Scopia Capital Management LLC Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (64%)

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3.7
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  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (98%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

4.3
  • Very Easy
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  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Scopia Capital Management LLC

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Year 2018
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Hedge Fund
Location New York
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Year 2017
Job Title Intern
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Location New York
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Job Title Intern
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Location New York
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Positive
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Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - Scopia Capital Management LLC Examples

Summer Analyst Interview - Hedge Fund

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: September 2018
Date Submitted: Jul 26, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Personality Test
Interview
Went through 2 rounds and then superday. First round was to email recruiter a stock pitch. Second round we were given a company, then told to write investment recommendation upon it. Superday was 3 back-to-back interviews over camera.
Interview Questions
Some questions were normal, some questions were extremely difficult. Normal questions included tell me about yourself, but then immediately went over to my resume. I listed a stock on my resume, so they started to grill the pitch. Harder questions: Company we wrote a recommendation about was a tax company around the time the new tax laws came out. Got asked very detailed questions about the tax code laws as if I had read the whole thing, which really threw me off guard. "Ex. What section of the new tax code will impact big businesses the hardest."

Easier question: How would you value a tech startup (included VC on resume).
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Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: June 2017
Date Submitted: Oct 08, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
Skills Test
Interview
I was asked to write a stock pitch for a company of my choice, and then they interviewed me for the position over the phone.
Interview Questions
I think what was hardest was the amount of work that was given to me for the stock pitch. It was extremely time consuming. The interview was many technicals that I didn't expect, including many questions about valuation and accounting. They also grilled me about the company that I had pitched, hitting me with many curveballs that I had not expected. Overall, the entire interview lasted about an hour, with 3 research analysts interviewing me. It was very challenging, which was not unexpected, to say the least.
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Summer Analyst Interview - Equity Hedge

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: January 2013
Date Submitted: May 20, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Was asked to submit a one page write up with an investment thesis and valuation. Then, a one on one phone interview with an analyst with three others listening in. Resume questions, why Scopia, where else are you applying, then talked about the company I submitted and another company listed on my resume.
Interview Questions
Asked about margins from different products and divisions, catalysts and growth drivers, upside / downside potential, competition. It was harder because I picked companies that he was responsible for covering.
Tell me about your involvement in your university's investment club and why you picked the companies you pitched.
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