Apollo Global Management Interview Questions

20 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (92%)

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 (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.

3.4
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (41%)

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.

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Interviews at Apollo Global Management

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Year
Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
Director
Year 2023
Job Title Director
Group/Division N/A
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2018
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Real Estate
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2022
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Generalist
Location Williamsport
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2021
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Real Estate
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Associate
Year 2021
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Credit
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2021
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investments
Location
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
3rd+ Year Associate
Year 2019
Job Title 3rd+ Year Associate
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Vice President
Year 2020
Job Title Vice President
Group/Division Debt Capital Markets
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Vice President
Year 2020
Job Title Vice President
Group/Division Real Estate
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2018
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Credit
Location Singapore
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Apollo Global Management Examples

Director Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: May 2023
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
3-4 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Interview
Very slow via third party recruiter; last min cancellations by the interviewer; otherwise a pleasant experience
Interview Questions
“What was your overall feel for the interview process so far? What worries you? What are you excited about?”

Summer Analyst Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: April 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
Phone interviews followed by zoom superday with the specific team members in both the ny and sf offices.
Interview Questions
Explain each item on your resume.

RE Debt SA Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Williamsport
Interviewed: May 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Very personable, interviewer was very down to earth and easy to talk to. Only issue is there is not much of a timeline
Interview Questions
Comparing two identical buildings, how would you value them?

RE Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
The hiring process consisted of 3 interviews and then a super days that was about 4 hours long and 5 interviews, pretty standard there. All were nice people and a few interviews did have technicals.
Interview Questions
They were just technical questions about different asset classes and explaining all the different RE terms and knowing their relationship to each other.

Associate Interview - Credit

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: November 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Interview
Applied online and was contacted to HR for a quick phone screen. This is followed by 4 interviews with juniors and management. A case study was then given and presentation was scheduled for the next morning.
Interview Questions
Be prepared to walk through a transaction you've completed, focus equally on the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the deal.

Intern Interview - Investments

Anonymous interview candidate in
Interviewed: October 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
Was asked to prep a stock pitch, had some basic behaviourals found in IB 400, some grilling questions based on your pitch and your thesis
Interview Questions
Are you sure you thesis can be backed up? What if their costs don't fall? How are you so sure they will?

Associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: April 2019
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Staffing Agency
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Background Check
Interview
Reached out to headhunters for lateral PE recruiting. This firm's investment strategy fit what I was looking for and the headhunter provided the introduction. I first had to provide written responses to 5 questions to display my interest in the strategy and working for a first-time fund. Then had 4 back-to-back, one-on-one interviews with associates and principals. Then had a timed modeling test. Then had a take-home case study which I presented to the full team. Then had one-on-one interviews with the partners and founders.
Interview Questions
How much would you pay for 2x your money on a 12% PIK, no compounding security

Principal Interview - Debt Capital Markets

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: July 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Staffing Agency
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Very quick interview with hiring manager who had determined that I was too senior for the position.
Interview Questions
There weren't any real unexpected questions - it was a screening so it focused on my background and walking through my resume as well as my deal experience

Vice President Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: July 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
First round with HR (30 mins)
Second with group MD (60 mins)
Third with two other partners (60 mins each)
Super day of 5 interviews (30 mins each with different team members)
Interview Questions
Tell me about a time you had to convince someone significantly out-ranking you to do something they did not want to do.
-What was your thought process
-What was the outcome
-How could you be sure it was the best option at the time?
-How's it being used today?

Convince me how to use non-financial data to appropriately discern the value of a company in an industry I'd never covered, a company I'd never heard of, and not at all regarding the group I was interviewing for?
-Once I had worked through one metric (carbon emissions), was asked to come up with 2 others

Intern Interview - Credit

Anonymous employee in
Interviewed: August 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
2 rounds of 1v1 interview with associate and principal. basic accounting questions. took pretty long to get back to me
Interview Questions
1. If I have a 1 million dollars today, what should i buy? can be an art piece, stock, gold, a small business that you know, anything.
2. What was your role in the previous deals and tell us more about it
3. What do you do during your free time?
4. How did you hear about us and what do you know about us?
5. Tell us about yourself?
6. Run us through a typical DCF?
7. What is the impact of an increase in depreciation expense of US$10 million. Run us through the 3 statements