3-Sigma Value Investment Management Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (41%)

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Interview Difficulty (93%)

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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 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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% Interns - FT Offers (33%)

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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.

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Interviews at 3-Sigma Value Investment Management

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Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
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Year 2013
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
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Location Greenwich
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Year 2015
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Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
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Difficulty
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Year 2013
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Interview Questions & Answers - 3-Sigma Value Investment Management Examples

intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Hong Kong
Interviewed: March 2018
Date Submitted: Feb 25, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Going through CV and double check my interest in the position.

Question: is 3599 a prime number?

Answer: No: 3599=59 times 61
Interview Questions
A few questions on dices and coin tosses.

Tell at once whether 3599 is a prime number or not?

Expectation of the sum of throwing 2 eight-faced dices?

Expectation if throwing one dice and is allowed to re-roll for 1 time? What about now you are allowed to throw for infinite amount of times? What's the expectation and how do you get it?

Two players bet on the result of a endless series of coin tosses. Player 1 wins on HHT, player 2 wins on HTT. What's the probability on each player to win and explain the reasons?
Sample Answer

Investment Associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Greenwich
Interviewed: September 2013
Date Submitted: Nov 29, 2016
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
It started as a group interview with 2 interviewers - probably 5 years experience and a fresh college grad - and 2 other interviewees. We talked about data validation for a while, then we were given about an hour to go through some economic data series on a laptop and fix the data. Next, I remember breaking up to meet with what I assume were 2 HR members. One was very pretentious and condescending, the other was forgettable. It was a very strange discussion. I can't remember the specifics well, but I did get basic interview questions - "tell me a time you struggled with something, and how did you respond." They didn't seem to have much to say on anything, and I wasn't prepared at the time to be as assertive (bordering on combatitve) as they like. Be prepared to challenge statements and back your own. Next, I met with the interviewers from the group discussion. I actually come from a FO position, so I was using this interview to see if I could parlay a research interview. The actual data validation process was pretty easy, even for someone with no experience in it. I tried to do something much more complicated than they were looking for, but they didn't seem to recognize that even when I explained it to them. I realize now that I should have been much more direct with every conversation I had.
Interview Questions
What do you know about 3-Sigma?
What do you want to do 5 years from now?
Tell us about your current job.
Tell us your thought process on the Excel test, from beginning to end.
If you were to remodel your approach to the Excel test from the ground up, how would you go about doing it?
How would you calculate/assess the productivity of 2 ice cream salesmen across a year's time, where one takes 20 days of vacation in a row, and the other takes 20 days of vacation dispersed randomly across the year?
+ Many questions specific to my resume (in the first round)
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Ssummer Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2015
Date Submitted: Feb 10, 2016
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Had a phone interview to determine eligibility and then passed onto second round onsite in New York.
Interview Questions
Walk me through the discounted cash flow model of real estate mortgage backed security. How would you calculate prepayment risk for this type of security. What happens when interest rates go up to prepayment risks. What's the most important line of a cash flow statement. Why this company and not our competitor. You're not going to get the internship can you tell me why. What's one of the hardest things you've had to do in life. What do you like most about the culture . Walk me through the valuation of a company.
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Fund accountant Interview - Accounting

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: August 2013
Date Submitted: Sep 17, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Met w/ HR than took a test, had general conversation about my interest in the role and the Company. Very conversational.
Interview Questions
Analytical test about hedge funds. Capital, investing, journal entries. Short vs long, leveraging, etc. put vs call. Define options, swaps, forwards, etc.
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Sales Interview -

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: August 2010
Date Submitted: Jan 21, 2013
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Talk about resume and office. very standard based competency/behavioral questions. after that we talked about roles and where I would fit in most and what programs I am most familiar with. people in office very nice
Interview Questions
Why this company? What do you know about this company? where do you see yourself in 10 years? What are your salary expectations for this position and how did you come to that conclusion?
What can you bring to the table that others cant? Talk about your technical skills that you used at your last job/school
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