Calamos Investments Interview Questions

2 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (45%)

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.

3.5
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (74%)

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 Calamos Investments

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Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2022
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location Naperville
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
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Year 2021
Job Title N/A
Group/Division Investment Research
Location Naperville
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - Calamos Investments Examples

Quantitative Researcher Intern Interview - Quantitative Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Naperville
Interviewed: March 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I applied online. And received a video interview invitation with three of the team members. They asked me about my experiences and statistics & machine learning.
Interview Questions
What's the loss function in decision tree?, Brainteaser on linear regression.

Research Associate Interview - Investment Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Naperville
Interviewed: July 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
First round: Video recording answering questions regarding background, interests, capabilities (i.e. - Do you have experience with DCF valuations?)
Second round: Meeting with 2 senior VPs to discuss the same material in person (or via zoom). More focus on interests and future plans (i.e. - CFA? MBA? If so, when?)
Third round: Met with multiple members of the firm including a couple of upper management. Technical, heavy questions on outlook on market and why
Interview Questions
How do you think a hike in rates will affect the overall market and why? Who will struggle and who will be able to thrive in this type of environment?