GSO Capital Partners Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (78%)

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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.

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Interview Difficulty (55%)

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 (13%)

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 GSO Capital Partners

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Intern
Year 2019
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location London, UK
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Easy
Senior Vice President
Year 2014
Job Title Senior Vice President
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Associate
Year 2009
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Private Equity
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2012
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - GSO Capital Partners Examples

Quant Researcher Intern Interview - Quantitative Research

Anonymous interview candidate in London, UK
Interviewed: January 2019
Date Submitted: Jan 19, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
I took an online test consisting of several math, stats, finance, computer science and data science questions (25 questions in 60 mins). After that, I had a phone interview with questions from the same topics.
Interview Questions
No difficult questions, although I was surprised to hear questions from a very broad range of topics.
1. Differentiate xlog(x)
2. Eigenvalues of 2x2 matrix
3. Probability question with dice, standard was solved with Bayes rule
4. a,b > 0, a+2b
Sample Answer

VP Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2014
Date Submitted: May 28, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Interview was very congenial. One round in office and one take home case study. The recruiter conducted a phone interview screen and arranged for a call with the hiring MD. That call lasted about 5 minutes and I was invited up for the in-office.
Interview Questions
Walk me through your resume
Describe the covenants most recently seen in credit docs in your industry
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Associate Interview - Private Equity

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: July 2009
Date Submitted: May 14, 2013
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
After recruiter's initial screen, interview process at the firm was short and sweet. Only 1 round, but I had a group interview in addition to one on one interviews (about 3-4). Basically spent the entire afternoon, first interviewing and then meeting the rest of the team (2 of the more junior members or my would-be colleagues).
I believe I was interviewing towards the end of the process, so perhaps that is why I only had one round, but concentrated.
Work culture has changed a bit since BX's acquisition.
Interview Questions
Mostly questions relating to transactions I had worked on and detailed questions about my modeling experience. Did you build a 3-statement model? How did you model the sale-leaseback portion (one of my transactions had this scenario so they asked for specifics after I mentioned it in an earlier question)?
Sample Answer

Analyst Interview -

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: 2012
Date Submitted: Jan 09, 2013
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
The process consisted of interviews with the entire senior team, spread over three rounds and 1+ month. Fairly typical process for these types of roles, with a handful of technical questions, pitching my top ideas, and walking through my previous deal experience, with the later rounds being generally fit and sell.
Interview Questions
What trends are you seeing in bond and loan covenants, and which do you care most about?

Just looking to see if you're up to speed and understand how to think about them.
Talk about a trade you got wrong, why did you get it wrong, and what did you learn?

Talked about a trade that made sense on a micro level but didn't work out because of an unexpected macro shock.
Sample Answer