Clarion Partners Interview Questions (2024) - 3 Entries

Clarion Partners Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (70%)

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Interview Difficulty (71%)

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 (52%)

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 Clarion Partners

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Year

Job Title

Group/Division

Location

Experience

Difficulty

Student / Prospective Monkey

Year 2019

Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey

Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions

Location Los Angeles

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Easy

2nd Year Analyst

Year 2019

Job Title 2nd Year Analyst

Group/Division Real Estate

Location Washington

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Average

1st Year Associate

Year 2017

Job Title 1st Year Associate

Group/Division Investments

Location Los Angeles

Experience

Neutral

Difficulty

Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Clarion Partners Examples

Summer Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous employee in Los Angeles

Interviewed: January 2019

Date Submitted: Apr 19, 2020

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

Phone Interview

1 on 1 Interview

Interview

After applying I was contacted by the firm to set up a phone call interview. Limited technical questions in this round mainly fit. The final round was a 1-on-1 virtual interview where both fit and technical questions were used.

Interview Questions

I was given a number of real estate investments to analyze and choose the best of the bunch. Waling through my mental analysis with my interviewer. No question was unexpected but the most difficult questions were in-depth current market questions pertaining to opportunity zones. The firm also specializes in acquiring opportunistic properties surrounding the LA area and it was a crucial that I was aware if the market conditions. Other than that most questions were fairly straight forward fit questions.

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Analyst Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous employee in Washington

Interviewed: October 2019

Date Submitted: Nov 07, 2019

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Recruiter

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

1 on 1 Interview

Group Interview

Drug Test

Background Check

Interview

Recruiter sent my resume, and scheduled a meeting with the team after they reviewed. Met with analyst to SVP at the firm. All very fit based questions. Nothing technical, which was surprising. They were very focused on macro views on the market and walking me through their process. I walked them through the life of a deal (think IS/Debt background). After that had some more calls with the team, and ultimately came back in to discuss more technical/micro level analysis. Walking through DCF and disposition analysis.

Interview Questions

They asked me to share my opinion on the stage of the cycle that we are in. Obviously a very loaded questions, and pointed towards the treasury market, among consumer demand and all that fun stuff. After, they asked about the micro level view on a property level and what creates a strong investment thesis. Didn't know the answer well to this... Then we got into the life of a deal, and they asked numerous questions pointed at what I was doing at my current job, and how my interests would be peaked given a career change. No specific case scenarios were asked.

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Associate Interview - Investments

Anonymous interview candidate in Los Angeles

Interviewed: January 2017

Date Submitted: Mar 10, 2018

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Applied Online

Length of Process

1-2 months

Application

Phone Interview

Presentation

Skills Test

Interview

Begins with two rounds of phone interview. First one is 2 on 1 and very general background. Second is more technical in nature. Last interview is super day with modeling test.

Interview Questions

The case study was probably the most challenging aspect. Case study is structured as if you are presenting to an investment committee. You are given a short (5 or 6 page) case and given 30 minutes to read and take notes. You are then expected to give a 30 minute presentation to a VP to give your recommendation on whether you should or should not do the deal. Asked to identify key risks and provide commentary on the market data that is presented. Presentation is probably 10 minutes of giving overview with the remaining structured more as a Q&A.

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