Balyasny Asset Management Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (76%)

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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 (92%)

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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% Interns - FT Offers (65%)

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 Balyasny Asset Management

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2nd Year Associate
Year 2023
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Investment Research
Location Hong Kong
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Engineer
Year 2021
Job Title Engineer
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
3rd+ Year Analyst
Year 2020
Job Title 3rd+ Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2021
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division N/A
Location Chicago
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
3rd+ Year Analyst
Year 2019
Job Title 3rd+ Year Analyst
Group/Division Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Research Analyst
Year 2018
Job Title Research Analyst
Group/Division Equity Research
Location New York, Chicago, San Francisco
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2015
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - Balyasny Asset Management Examples

Quant Interview - Investment Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Hong Kong
Interviewed: March 2023
Date Submitted: Oct 16, 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
First talk to BD then a timed OA after that they invite to talk to several PMs that are interested. The interview process was smooth, but I realised that some of the PMs have a tendency of idea phishing. You need to be careful of answering questions that are relevant to specific details of your strategies.
Interview Questions
Regular CV questions and what are your projects questions.
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Data Engineer Interview - Quantitative Research

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: March 2021
Date Submitted: May 15, 2023
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Engineering role. Hackerrank test then 1.5 hour coding interview all python. Then 4 hours of onsite interviews consisting of Python, System Design, and behavioral.
Interview Questions
Python fundamentals, Leetcode medium algo questions.
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Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: August 2020
Date Submitted: Mar 02, 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
First round was a screening with a recruiter. Then Wonderlic test then interview with PM then case study with model and presentation then interview with other PMs as 30 min calls
Interview Questions
What is your favorite telecom stock
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Analyst Interview

Anonymous employee in Chicago
Interviewed: July 2021
Date Submitted: Jan 09, 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
Was reached out to by a headhunter to interview. Then calls with team. Then case study and a couple more calls
Interview Questions
When moves a stock? How to think about valuation drivers?
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Investment Analyst Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: April 2019
Date Submitted: Dec 12, 2019
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
Interviewed as a lateral hire (from another buy-side shop) for the same set of TMT coverage, so it was relatively smoother. Did phone interviews w/ the PM and his Analyst, then an on-site case for 4 hours, then met director of research and few more analyst & PMs before wrapping up.
Interview Questions
Questions were standard behavioral plus stock pitches within and outside of my coverage space. Case study was on a internet company, modeling was less the focus since you won't have enough time to build detailed quarterly. Key is to identify the 2-3 main drivers of the company (PxQ and margins) and pinpoint what could swing your thesis to either a long or short if you had more time & Info to diligence the key drivers. One interesting behavioral that was asked is what do you think your key competitive advantage is (not just for this job but for the l/s equity industry).
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Research Analyst - Equities Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous interview candidate in New York, Chicago, San Francisco
Interviewed: March 2018
Date Submitted: Apr 20, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Fairly straight-forward and casual interview process vs. Citadel & Surveyor. Process consists of a one-on-one conversation with their BusDev (internal recruiter), followed by more focused conversation with the PM and one or two other PM's in the office. At the initial stage, conversation was extremely high level, focused on prior research and coverage experience, some general thoughts about how your research process looks, and some probing to see how well you understand their investment style. At times this firm came across a bit lackadaisical (especially relative to Citadel), although this may have been a function of my personal lack of fit with the role. My sense is they are fairly risk-averse in hiring. If you have a couple years of Millennium, Citadel, P72 etc on your resume, and have experience covering the group they are hiring for, you stand a very good shot at advancing here.
Interview Questions
Again, very casual, no really tricky questions. I think questions around how you think about risk management are always potentially tricky and reveal a lot about a candidates understanding of these roles. We discussed management access and touch points, which are probably a major disadvantage at a firm like this compared with some of the long-only peers. General thoughts about my coverage group, which are obviously going to be very candidate / role specific. I suspect the subsequent round with the PM would have gone much more in detail on process, stocks and coverage thoughts.
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Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: 2015
Date Submitted: Jun 30, 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Background Check
Interview
Applied through school and heard back after 1-2 months. Pretty straight forward interview process - went to the office, met the analyst and PMs. They gave me an offer in the afternoon.

Discussion regarding mental math, brain teaser, macro, stock market and life philosophy. It is a bschool intern position so nothing really challenging.
Interview Questions
Nothing really unexpected. I have been working part time over the school term so following the market was pretty natural to me.
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