Blue Ridge Capital LLC Interview Questions

2 total interview insight submissions

Interview Experience (46%)

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3.5
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (79%)

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 Blue Ridge Capital LLC

YearPositionLocationGroup/DivisionExperienceDifficulty
2016traderNew YorkTradingNeutralAverage
2014Summer Associate InternNew YorkInvestment ResearchPositiveDifficult

trader Interview - Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: 2016 Date Submitted: Mar 20, 2016

Application

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

asked technical questions pertaining to past roles I had. Mental math/ probability and statistics (asked basic option pricing questions)

Interview Questions

you have a spot price of 100, vol of 40, what is the probability that the price will be within 60 and 140 within 1 year. This is a basic probability question that tests your understanding of normal distributions and standard deviations.
Also asked about variance swaps and how you price them. Which spot price movement has more volatility and as a result, which one would you rather pick if you were long a variance swap.
Describe a typical structured product and how you would hedge it (which instruments would you use to hedge the product)
Sample Answer

Summer Associate Intern Interview - Investment Research

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: November 2014 Date Submitted: Dec 04, 2014

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

Alumni at firm reached out to asset management club at MBA program for candidates. Office coordinator then reached out to candidates to arrange interviews. Interview took place over the phone with a portfolio manager and analyst.

Interview Questions

Why XYZ school instead of a more traditional finance MBA program if want to go into asset management?
If I give you $100m, what company would you create and why?
What do you look for when shorting a stock?
What are you doing if you're not investing?
What does your personal P&L look like?
What is the best business you have ever seen?
Sample Answer