Candlewood Partners Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (48%)

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5
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  • Negative
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  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (25%)

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

Interviews at Candlewood Partners

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1st Year Analyst
Year 2022
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location Cleveland
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
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Interview Questions & Answers - Candlewood Partners Examples

Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Cleveland
Interviewed: June 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Background Check
Interview
Initially got the interview through a cold out reach from LinkedIn
Set up a call with one of the associates. Learned about the firm and assessed my fit

Interview process:
Had a phone interview with one of the Senior Bankers (all behavior and background question) no questions regarding like "Tell me about a time?" more just a focus on understanding who I was
Following that had a 1 on 1 interview with an MD he really wanted to know my background, understanding of what I thought investment banking was, running through my resume and what drives me
Following that interview, I had another one-on-one with the VP and this was a technical interview focused on valuations, brainteasers, and accounting questions
After completing that Interview I was invited to meet all the Senior bankers and founder at dinner
Then maybe a week later I received a phone call with an offer letter.
From start to finish process was probably 2 weeks 3 max. With all the interviews spanning 1 week.

For future candidates, some advice I would give is to make an outreach through LinkedIn or cold email this shows initiative that I would now look for when adding future analyst. Also, be prepared I think it was key to my success that I had already done several 1:1 from cold emails, prepared for technicals, and was able to run through my resume
Interview Questions
Why do you want to do investment banking, What do you think investment banking is, Technicals involving the three statements, valuation formulas, and a brainteaser