PrivCo Interview Questions
The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) 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. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, 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 reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.
- Very Negative
- Negative
- Neutral
- Positive
- Very Positive
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.
- Very Easy
- Easy
- Average
- Difficult
- Very Difficult
Interview Questions & Answers - PrivCo Examples
Excel and reasoning exam. Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions
Reasoning test includes general knowledge of M&A, LBO's, and calculating revenues for various types of company's based on incomplete information.
Interview scheduled through email. Response time from application less than two weeks est. Interview is either a small team or one on one and is based mostly on fit and knowledge of the firm. Test results weren't given back. Offers seem to be given in the same amount of time it takes to hear about receiving an interview.
You'll need to walk through how you utilize the debt to equity and interest on debt to calculate your cash flows.
Most math problems were similar. Little to no probability questions.
Know your registration and filing documents and what information is on them.
Research Analyst Interview - Advisory
Report Writing Intern Interview - Research Reporting
They put you on a computer to answer some questions on a Word document. They are technical questions on general knowledge of finance -- asking about valuation methods, the different financial statements, generally anything you could expect in an IB technical interview.
2. Excel Test
They give you an incomplete spreadsheet and ask you to fill in the missing information. The excel functions required to do the test is not that advanced, but you have to understand how basic financial figures tie in with each other.
(The test portion altogether lasted 2.5-3 hours)
3. Fit Interview
Standard questions.
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