HGGC Interview Questions
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.
- Very Negative
- Negative
- Neutral
- Positive
- Very Positive
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.
- Very Easy
- Easy
- Average
- Difficult
- Very Difficult
Interview Questions & Answers - HGGC Examples
Associate Interview - Private Equity
Associate Interview - Private Equity
Had 4 interviews - an associate, two vp's, a principal
Two hour and 15 minute modeling test
Phone call the next morning with a partner
Asked for references the next day
- Deep dive into a deal on my resume - specifically asked about management transition, multiple expansion, and how we thought about entry and exit multiples which I had to BS my why through
- Straightforward paper LBO with mental math
- Mental math - What is 7 cubed? If you have a company growing 10% yoy how many years will it take to double in size?
- What is the formula for calculating IRR (CAGR), and actually calculating it out with an example
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