Green Street Advisors Interview Questions

5 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (77%)

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.

3.8
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (99%)

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
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (69%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews 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 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 reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

Interviews at Green Street Advisors

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1st Year Analyst
Year 2023
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Real Estate
Location Los Angeles
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Associate
Year 2019
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Equity Research
Location Los Angeles
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2019
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Real Estate
Location Los Angeles
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2019
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Real Estate
Location Los Angeles
Experience
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Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Associate
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Equity Research
Location Los Angeles
Experience
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Difficulty
Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - Green Street Advisors Examples

Equity Research Associate Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in Los Angeles
Interviewed: May 2023
Date Submitted: Aug 16, 2023
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
First was a introductory call with the HR, followed with a fair modeling test covered Real Estate proforma, brief writing on a press release. Then HR scheduled me with a group interview with 2 associate (30 mins each) asked all technical related questions including real estate, finance, accounting and valuation question. Overall good experience but be ready for the technical part. They look for candidate who is really strong in finance.
Interview Questions
Valuation of a strip center
Sample Answer

1st Year Associate Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous employee in Los Angeles
Interviewed: December 2019
Date Submitted: May 29, 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Applied online. Interview consisted of: 1) Phone Screen 2) Work Sample Submission 3) Technical Skype Interview and 4) In-Person Superday. Interviews got progressively more difficult throughout the process and were very technical towards the end. Technicals include a broad range of knowledge spanning finance, valuation, and real estate along with probability and statistics as well.
Interview Questions
Technical questions were by far the most difficult. Questions were pulled from several areas including mental math, brain teasers, real estate, finance, valuation, economics, and probability/statistics. There was also a submission of a work sample required which was another interview round and consisted of drafting a research report on a particular real estate market. The most difficult questions appeared on the Superday as several analysts interview you on both behavioral and technical questions within a short time.
Sample Answer

Market Research Associate Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in Los Angeles
Interviewed: September 2019
Date Submitted: Oct 22, 2019
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Background Check
Interview
Applied online through their graduate portal after having networked with their recruiter a couple of months prior. Recieved a confirmation through email about the next steps. Was told to do a market research write up (1-page) and send back the next day. Then had a Skype interview with 3 people, 1 VP and then 2 senior associates. Invited out to a super day a couple of days later.

Overall, the interview was very finance technical given the specific position and firm. However, the firm did stress that analysts typically pursue their CFA early on.
Interview Questions
Between a tech startup and a utilities firm, which company will have the greater leverage? In addition too, which firm will have the higher cost of debt?

Walk me through the WACC calculation? Wanted the specific formula used to calculated WACC.

Why would two identical buildings have different valuations? Tested the real estate specific knowledge.

Walk me through a real estate cash flow statement. Wanted the line by line all the way to unlevered cash flow. Was important to make special note of NOI
Sample Answer

Equity Research Associate Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in Los Angeles
Interviewed: March 2019
Date Submitted: Apr 30, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Process consisted of an interview with Hr, a skills assessment, an in person interview with more junior analysts, and a super day interview with a majority of the team.
Interview Questions
1.What PE is the S&P 500 currently trading at?
2.What is the 10-yr rate as of today?
3.Gave an example of two locations and asked to justify which would have a higher cap rate.
4.Asked three brainteaser questions.
5.Asked why I wanted to switch positions and then countered with a solution that poked a hole in my response.
6.During stock pitch where I pitched a stock that filed an IPO 2 years prior, I was asked if I had researched the company's history from it's private company days.
7.I was asked if pure play REITs are better than diversified REITs.
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Equity Research Associate Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Los Angeles
Interviewed: July 2014
Date Submitted: Jul 29, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
1) Phone Interview with the HR
2) Case Study
3) Phone Interview with an Analyst
4) In-person interview with 10 people
Interview Questions
How do you value an apartment?
What do you think of cost of equity and cost of debt for a real estate company?
Sample Answer