The Electrum Group Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (27%)

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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.

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Interview Difficulty (32%)

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.

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  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at The Electrum Group

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2nd Year Associate
Year 2011
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Private Equity
Location New York
Experience
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Difficulty
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Interview Questions & Answers - The Electrum Group Examples

Investment Associate Interview - Private Equity

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: June 2011
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Series of interviews over several weeks with either one or two team members in the room. Mostly behavioral / personality questions. Met with everyone on the investment team as well as legal/accounting and company management. Technical portions of the interview focused on valuing the type of early-stage somewhat illiquid investments Electrum has generated high returns from in the past.
Interview Questions
How would you value a company not expected to make any revenue for at least a decade? Walk me through your logic.