Founders Fund Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (40%)

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.

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 donut, 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 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.

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Interview Difficulty (18%)

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 (16%)

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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Year 2009
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)
Location San Francisco
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Interview Questions & Answers - Founders Fund Examples

Summer Intern Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)

Anonymous employee in San Francisco
Interviewed: March 2009
Date Submitted: Apr 01, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Due to my family's relationship to a key employee of the fund, I was granted a phone interview for a summer internship position. Phone interview went well, was very casual and mainly focused with what I was interested in and was I was currently doing in school. Shortly thereafter I received an email inviting me to interview in person at the fund. Met with a rep from HR and had some behavioral questions and some very light technical questions (Valuation). Compensation was brought up, HR rep said the internship might be unpaid, I said no problem. Received the offer via email a week later, unpaid internship for the summer of 2009.
Interview Questions
What do you do in your actual free time? I said something about learning about the markets, interviewer was not satisfied and pressed for a more truthful answer.
How would you valuate a company if you have access to none of their financial statements? Basically, interviewer wanted me to touch on comps. (Important to know for VC)
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