Bridgewater Associates LP Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (82%)

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.

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Interview Difficulty (96%)

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 (40%)

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 Bridgewater Associates LP

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Intern
Year 2020
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Portfolio Management
Location Westport
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Engineer
Year 2019
Job Title Engineer
Group/Division Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)
Location Stamford
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2020
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division N/A
Location San Francisco
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2018
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location Westport
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
2nd Year Analyst
Year 2019
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location West port
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - Bridgewater Associates LP Examples

Investment Associate Intern Interview - Portfolio Management

Anonymous interview candidate in Westport
Interviewed: August 2020
Date Submitted: Nov 10, 2020
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Recruiter reached out on linkedin - had a screening with her. Then a trading interview. They cut a few after this interview, I made it. Then a group interview followed by a 1-1 interview with someone senior about behavioral stuff.
Interview Questions
What has been the biggest failure of your life thus far?
Sample Answer

Integration Engineer Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)

Anonymous interview candidate in Stamford
Interviewed: March 2019
Date Submitted: Nov 09, 2020
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Background Check
Other
Interview
Phone screen with the recruiter to get on same page and more as a smell test to see if you're a good fit for role and overall culture. Longer screen with hiring manager afterwards about previous experiences and personality. Prior to final round, sent over materials to peruse through about culture and etc. Those are informative for overall process. Onsites: case study and then more 2-4 more behavioral interviews for culture fit and personality fit.
Interview Questions
Culture-fit questions: they will tear you down or throw unconventional responses and answers at you to see if you're more of a growth mindset thinker or a fixed mindset thinker. (e.g. What are your actual weaknesses? -- No masked strength answers portrayed as weaknesses; they just wanna know if you're actually a person and if you can learn and grow and they'll assess those dimensions of your personality by tearing you down and pointing out flaws to see how you'll likely react if actually given the job). Basically, cult initiation.
Sample Answer

Intern Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco
Interviewed: August 2020
Date Submitted: Oct 28, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Zoom interview with two company employees. Was one of the weirdest interviews I've ever had. It was centered around a philosophical discussion of a random subject matter that I had barely ever thought about before the interview. I'm curious how this type of interview works for them -- seems to benefit philosophy majors/debate team individuals over students who may be smarter/have stronger financial knowledge.
Interview Questions
advertising good or bad
Sample Answer

Investment Associate Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Westport
Interviewed: July 2018
Date Submitted: Oct 22, 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Personality Test
Interview
Group interview (two stages) followed by one-on-one. One-on-one focuses on answering some question, topic chosen by interviewer. Mine was on voting rights, others had finance ones.
Interview Questions
Should parents be allowed to vote on behalf of their children?
Sample Answer

Quant Analysts Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in West port
Interviewed: April 2019
Date Submitted: Oct 16, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
Contacted by a recruiter for an off cycle analyst position at Bridgewater Associates. The overall process lasted less than 3 weeks. The initial interview was conducted through the phone, the first pet was behavioral. The second part consisted of 2 brain teasers. A week after I was invited to the Connecticut office for a 3 round interview where I was asked to demonstrate my finance, and software skills. The last interview is more of a talk about the principal, how Dalio envision the company, and how would you deal with certain types of situations in a workplace.
Interview Questions
Perhaps the talk about work place culture where they put you into hypothetical situations that makes you feel uncomfortable.
Sample Answer