CIM Group Interview Questions

3 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (66%)

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.

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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.

3.3
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Interview Difficulty (70%)

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.

2.3
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% Interns - FT Offers (83%)

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 CIM Group

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Summer Associate Intern
Year 2026
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Real Estate
Location Los Angeles
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Vice President
Year 2022
Job Title Vice President
Group/Division Real Estate
Location Los Angeles
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Very Easy
1st Year Associate
Year 2018
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Los Angeles
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - CIM Group Examples

Summer Analyst Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in Los Angeles
Interviewed: January 2026
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Had one phone screening that lasted about 10 minutes. Heard back after about a week and was moved to the next round, which is a 1-on-1 video call with an associate, which lasted about 30 minutes. Asked me mostly behavioral questions and why CIM Group.
Interview Questions
Nothing about the interview was really that difficult. Just have a solid answer for why CIM Group and have good questions to ask after. Didn't get the next interview, so don't know how the next round was.

Associate Vice President Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in Los Angeles
Interviewed: November 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
1 on 1 interview with Vice President asking why this MBA program/SoCal, overview of resume, what was most challenging deal?, what do you want to do in future?
Interview Questions
What was most challenging deal?

Associate Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Los Angeles
Interviewed: March 2018
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
There were two phone interviews on separate days (a fit interview focused on interest in the firm and a basic quant interview focused on industry-specific items). The in-person round consisted of seven 30-minute sessions, each with a different team member and focused on a different topic (quant skills, deal experience, case study, personality and interests, etc). There was also a lunch with two members of the team that seemed to be part of the fit portion.
Interview Questions
Questions were generally the standard finance questions related to interest in the field, ideas on future trends, questions about my prior deal experience, and the like. Difficult questions were outlined below:

1) How would you forecast demand for retail real estate space in a specific market?
2) What would you see as the biggest risk for our current business strategy based on the deals we're recently done?
3) How would you structure a joint venture with a local partner in case one of us wants to sell before the other one does?
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