Black Diamond Capital Management Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (41%)

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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.

3
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
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.

3.5
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Black Diamond Capital Management

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1st Year Associate
Year 2021
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Generalist
Location stamford
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult
Senior Vice President
Year 2020
Job Title Senior Vice President
Group/Division Credit
Location Greenwich
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Associate
Year 2020
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Private Equity
Location Greenwich
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
3rd+ Year Associate
Year 2017
Job Title 3rd+ Year Associate
Group/Division Private Equity
Location Greenwich
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Black Diamond Capital Management Examples

Associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in stamford
Interviewed: March 2021
Date Submitted: Jul 18, 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Background Check
Interview
Headhunter reached out for an on-cycle PE process at BDCM. R1 was 2-3 calls with mid-level professionals. The following round was an LBO case study, which was the average difficulty level for Associate PE recruiting. The findings had to be presented to a group. The rest of the team followed up with more interviews.
Interview Questions
Had to memorize IRR tables. Some manufacturing type operational questions were difficult too. Inventory accounting questions. Deferred tax asset questions.
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Senior Vice President (credit) Interview - Credit

Anonymous interview candidate in Greenwich
Interviewed: January 2020
Date Submitted: Mar 11, 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Drug Test
Interview
Met with four individuals at various senior levels. Then did two case studies: one they assigned, one of my own choosing. Had me complete their standard company analysis template. There might also have been an expectation of a model, though I just used sell-side for one of the them. Presented the case studies and made a recommendation.
Interview Questions
Nothing unusual...very detailed discussion of every position I listed as recent on the resume. They were all special situations which had experienced events.
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Associate Interview - Private Equity

Anonymous interview candidate in Greenwich
Interviewed: February 2020
Date Submitted: Mar 09, 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Staffing Agency
Length of Process
6-9 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Was brought in by a recruiter. Did a case study that was more operations focused followed by a first round interview. I was then brought into their Greenwich office for a another round of interviews, which included some technical questions as well as general background and fit questions.
Then had another three calls with various investment professionals
Interview Questions
What would the cost structure of this business look like if you were to double revenue?
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Senior Associate Interview - Private Equity

Anonymous employee in Greenwich
Interviewed: February 2017
Date Submitted: May 08, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
First round phone interview was fairly standard. Followed up with a case study (LBO model & short ppt) - this was done in between rounds 1 and 2 and was presented in round 2 to a director and an MD. Round 2 was a full-day of one on ones with each member of the group (8-10). Mainly focused on fit and background. Was brought back in to interview with 3 team members who were not in town for the first on-site. Offer extended shortly thereafter.
Interview Questions
Most difficult question was relating to a transaction I had done a few years prior (intentionally not a recent deal) which was a manufacturing company. I was then asked to walk through what a 5% increase in volume would do the company's earnings (variable margin analysis) with detailed questions on each step of the way (how variable are the variable costs, how variable is labor (staffing, utilization, headcount, base rates, overtime), how did you verify your assumptions, are the fixed costs variable?
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