Federated Investors Interview Questions

3 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (47%)

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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 (52%)

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 (73%)

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 Federated Investors

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Intern
Year 2008
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location Pittsburgh
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2013
Job Title Intern
Group/Division All (See below)
Location Pittsburgh
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Analyst
Year 2012
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division
Location Pittsburgh
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Federated Investors Examples

Intern - Sales Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Pittsburgh
Interviewed: October 2008
Date Submitted: Apr 01, 2014
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Personality Test
Interview
I am skeptical of any job where the hiring firm is pitching you on why you should work for them. This interview process was a disaster. I took an interview after knowing very little of the company. They put every student in one room and tell them how much money they "could" be making by end of year one. Very unprofessional and unrealistic.
Interview Questions
Nothing out of the ordinary. Everything was personality based. We met as a large group with two to three people. After a 20minute pitch about why the company is great you break off with one on one's with current employees. You meet two or three current people who basically ask why you want to work there and if you think you would be a good fit with their culture.
There were zero technical questions.
It was basically :
"Do you have a grandmother?"
Yes.
"Can we have her phone number to sell her our crappy products?"
No.
Sample Answer

General Internship Interview - All (See below)

Anonymous interview candidate in Pittsburgh
Interviewed: April 2013
Date Submitted: Jun 19, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
My mother works with someone, who is the wife of a Vice President at Federated Investors in the Pittsburgh location. Through her, I was able to get in touch with the VP. He called me for an informational interview in November 2012 and I was able to tell him about myself, some of the college experiences I had been in, as well as some of the classes I was taking. He also spent several minutes explaining his role in the company as well as what the company does (for example, he talked about what mutual finds are and what Federated offers clients).

Over the next couple of months, I was in touch with him via email; I sent him my resume and he asked me to revise it a couple of times before he passed it onto the HR department.

In April 2013, I was finally contacted by a women from the HR department. She kindly explained that they had already hired enough interns for Summer 2013, but she still wanted to talk to me to get to know me. So I went through another informational interview with her, talking about many of the same things as I did with the VP months earlier. At the end, she thanked me and said she would let me know if any new opportunities opened up. Of course, I plan to stay in touch with the VP and apply again for Summer 2014.
Interview Questions
Why do you want to work for Federated Investors?

I had done a little research before-hand, and talked about the strengths of the company (in my opinion) and why they fit my goals.
How do you spend your time outside of class?

I just named my extracurriculars, what I did in them, as well as my hobbies.
What are your biggest strengths and weaknesses?
How well do you work with others? / Describe a time when working with a team was unsuccessful
What skills/abilities can you bring to Federated, if additional opportunities open up in the future?
Sample Answer

Analyst Interview -

Anonymous employee in Pittsburgh
Interviewed: 2012
Date Submitted: Mar 16, 2013
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Personality Test
Interview
Networked with senior PM to get a interview. Was first contacted by HR to go through some basic behavioral questions via the telephone. 2-3 weeks later I received a call asking if I could come in for an interview. In person interview contested of 1-1 with the CIO which was behavioral questions and a 2-1 with senior analyst and PM which was both fit and technical.
Interview Questions
Why are you leaving your old job?
Why transitioning to finance?
What is the current price of oil? Where is it headed and why?
What is Duration?
Sample Answer