Centerbridge Partners Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (82%)

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Interview Difficulty (88%)

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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Interviews at Centerbridge Partners

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Interview Questions & Answers - Centerbridge Partners Examples

Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: February 2022
Date Submitted: Nov 10, 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I was a member of the CUNY fellowship and got an interview for the investing team because of that.
The interview consisted of several 1on1s. LBO fundamentals were tested; I had to perform a paper LBO and talk about deals on my resume; there were also some brain teaser questions and a high-level discussion of unit economics.
Interview Questions
Probably the discussion on Unit economics and digging really deep into one of the deals I had worked on.
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Associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2018
Date Submitted: Nov 26, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Three 30 minute interviews for the first round: one accounting based test, one paper LBO test, and one personal / fit interview.
Interview Questions
The accounting test touched upon many topics learned in training, but not covered on the day to day IB analyst job (adjustments to balance sheet and cash flow statement under various transaction scenarios).

The paper lbo was very straightforward. I am a second year analyst and my interviewer had been speaking to first years throughout the day. The LBO remained pretty high level, with just revenue, EBITDA margin and caped assumptions. They asked to calculate an MOIC and IRR for a five year investment.
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Summer Internship Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: February 2018
Date Submitted: Feb 26, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Interview
First encounter in the hiring process is a video screen with a junior member of HR staff. Then there's a group video interview with a/the representative(s) of the team(s) you have an interest in, have shown some aptitude for, and/or they have space for you to join.
Interview Questions
Mostly just fit questions, but I guess one of the less expected questions I got was being challenged for my liberal arts background in the "second round" group interview. It went something like "So you're studying x liberal arts degree, how can we know you have any analytical ability?" This wasn't entirely out of left field, I've definitely gotten it before in other finance interviews. If you're reading this as an undergrad and you are not in a quantitative major, just have an answer for how you are actually a better candidate because of your background, but show that you still have analytical skills in some way.
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Associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: January 2014
Date Submitted: Nov 25, 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Very fast, standard pe interviews all day for two days. There was a corporate lbo case study followed by debrief session. Following that was partner interviews
Interview Questions
The most difficult questIon asked was where would you invest if I gave you $100mm dollars. The interviewer then proceeded to ask several follow up questions. We also went into great detail based on deals on resume. Several standard technicals were also asked. Overall being able to know the why not just the explicit answer was necessary. The firm was very focused on asking several cash yield based questions. There were also several that depended on my resume in terms of relating it back to the big picture.
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Pre-MBA Associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2014
Date Submitted: Apr 13, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Multiple interviews that consistent of standard walk me through your resume and asking about deals with Associates/Principals/MDs. Case study was investment memo + LBO model in ~4-5 hours. Nothing overly challenging or out of the ordinary.
Interview Questions
Not really any overly difficult interview questions. Case/model was definitely a time crunch, as they provided roughly 20 different documents to review. Deciding which were important and aggregating them was probably most difficult aspect. Be prepared, know your deals, and know why CB. People definitely come from very finance heavy backgrounds and are technically strong, so technical knowledge is important.
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