Colony Capital LLC Interview Questions

6 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (76%)

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3.7
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Interview Difficulty (72%)

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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 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.

2.7
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% Interns - FT Offers (47%)

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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 Colony Capital LLC

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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2020
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location Los Angeles
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
2nd Year Analyst
Year 2018
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division Real Estate
Location District of Columbia
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Year 2016
Job Title
Group/Division Securities
Location Los Angeles
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Real Estate
Location Los Angeles
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Very Easy
1st Year Associate
Year 2013
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Core+
Location Boston
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Associate
Year 2012
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division
Location Los Angeles
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Very Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - Colony Capital LLC Examples

Summer Associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Los Angeles
Interviewed: November 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Reached out through a job board and received a zoom interview. Interview was a mix of conversation, "why real estate" type questions, and some technical concepts.
Interview Questions
Explain how a cap rate works?

Senior Analyst Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous employee in District of Columbia
Interviewed: June 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
The interview process was pretty straightforward. I knew someone internally who referred me to the hiring manager, so I presume that was helpful instead of applying directly. I did have to actually apply for the role, but as a formality. After that, I was contacted by HR to a very quick and informal informational interview. After passing the HR sniff test, there were a few more rounds with the hiring manager and potential other future colleagues.

A first round consisted of a phone conversation directly with the hiring manager that lasted about 30 minutes. This was mostly a resume walk through to get comfortable with my experiences and how they applied to the open role. This was a very easy conversation and there were no questions that tripped me up. It helps, in any interview scenario, to know your resume cold and also different situations you might need to talk to.

A short time later I was invited into the office. There was a second round in which I met with three individuals separately for about 30 minutes each. One of the individuals was the hiring manager, so this was the second conversation with them. All three interviews were similar to the first round, except the hiring manager got a little more in depth about my experiences and how I could be as asset to the team. No skills test in this interview and nothing super technical.

A third round in-person was scheduled off-site which was more of a conversational "let's get to know each other" lunch interview as opposed to a technical skills tests or in-office interview. This was very informal, but still professional, and the topics discussed were more macro in nature (i.e. what are your thoughts on X scenario?). At this point, I believe we were about 1.5 months into the process. It was during the summer months so scheduling was trickier for the in-person meetings.

A final round was with the leader of the group via phone. At that point, this felt to be more of a "check the box" test and was more for fit. The conversation was very light and nothing technical. This definitely was a fit test. The conversation lasted about 25-30 minutes.

Overall, the process was pretty straightforward and easy. Communication was pretty good all throughout the process and there was nothing unexpected. My in-person interviews were during the summer months, so the office setting was quiet when I went in, but that was expected and I didn't really get a sense of the culture or office environment aside from people being able to enjoy their time off (or at least work remotely).
Interview Questions
There really weren't any difficult questions asked. To memory, there was nothing technical except for how comfortable I was in Excel and to name a situation where I had synthesized a large amount of data. The more challenging questions were related to my thoughts or opinions on a particular macro event, but even then it was pretty simple as there were no right or wrong answers. They wanted to know my thoughts, if I could verbalize them, and if I could hold a discussion about a topic.

Toughest question: what do you think about where we are in the current cycle?

Summer Intern Interview - Securities

Anonymous interview candidate in Los Angeles
Interviewed: February 2016
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
It was relatively simple. I applied online and received an interview invitation about a couple of weeks later. The phone interview was 30 minutes, with a VP. Know your resume inside and out because that will be the first question they ask you. After is your typical "why RE, Colony, etc".
Interview Questions
Walk me through your resume
How did you get your start at (Company name)?
How was your experience working with difficult counterparts/clients?
Working at a company going through a major transition, how was the experience and what did you learn from that?
What do you know about Colony and why did you decide to apply for a position here?
I see you like to volunteer on your free time, where do you volunteer and what do you do there.
What is the most important quality you look for an internship program?

Summer Intern Acquisitions Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in Los Angeles
Interviewed: February 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Submitted Resume through University recruiting and set up an interview the following week. There were two separate short (15 minute) interviews. They asked few questions and it seemed mostly conversational and that they had already made their minds before the interview even started. Interviewers seemed disinterested.
Interview Questions
Why real estate? Walk through resume. Are you willing to work overtime and weekends? Are you proficient on excel or argus?

Associate Interview - Core+

Anonymous employee in Boston
Interviewed: January 2013
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
A director in the company called me after he got my CV from school. Asked about my past experience, but was way more focused in describing the specific role I might assume. He was offering a short internship. During the internship I had the opportunity to learn a lot. Made time to walk me through reports, meet different functions in the firm and attend meeting with vendors. Was busy developing models. Somewhat tough to get full attention at this stage, but it was surely a added-value experience.
Interview Questions
The interviewer just throw a whole list of real estate finance terminology, which you are supposed to converse about and sound intelligent.

Associate Interview -

Anonymous employee in Los Angeles
Interviewed: August 2012
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
In-person
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Other
Interview
Application(CV and resume) is required to be submitted at the first round stage. Once the application is passed, 1 to 1 interview is scheduled. If the interview goes well, there comes a couple of case study requirements to be analyzed. In a meanwhile, reference check is proceeded.
Interview Questions
Why apply to this industry and this company? Please let us know if you have any short term goal, mid term goal or long term goal. How do you think this job can make you achieve your future dream and goals?
What "money" means to you? What is the most important value to you among power, money and honor?