HPS Investment Partners Interview Questions

3 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (69%)

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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.

4
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (86%)

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.

3.3
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at HPS Investment Partners

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2nd Year Associate
Year 2021
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Special Situations Group
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Associate
Year 2021
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Credit
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Associate
Year 2020
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Special Situations Group
Location new york
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - HPS Investment Partners Examples

Associate Interview - Special Situations Group

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: November 2021
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Interview
London office
Round 1: Separate 1x1 with ED and HR (45min each)
Round 2: 1-1.5hr Technical Interview with VP (involved on the spot mini case, with paper LBO)
Round 3: 30/45 minute meetings with MDs and Head
Round 4: 4 hour case study (3 hours working on investment case + 1 hour presentation and Q&A)

Advice for interview:
- know your CV and your deals like the back of your hand
- on the case, build a good / clean model, but ensure to be spend ample time dissecting the company: understanding the basics and as much in depth relevant points as possible. A lot of the discussion will be based on if you truly understand the business model.
Interview Questions
In the technicals interview, you were given the financial statements of 3 different companies (no names provided), and were asked to figure out what type of businesses these were., In the case study, there were significant discussions around what would you do if you had more time. Also if you were asked a question on a specific topic and had the correct answer they would drill in further until you didn't have the answer - this is typical for most case study rounds.

Associate Interview - Credit

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: July 2021
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Background Check
Interview
I got the interview at HPS through a headhunter at Amity Search Partners. Specifically, I interviewed for the Mezzanine fund. The first round of interviews consisted of 1 on 1s with managing directors and partners. They asked to walk them through my resume and then followed up with questions about deals I've worked on. They did seem to be very focused on the question "say we were looking at a software company. where would you invest in the capital structure and why?"
Interview Questions
They seemed to be very focused on the questions "where would you invest in the capital structure?" and "what do you think we look for in companies?"

Associate Interview - Special Situations Group

Anonymous interview candidate in new york
Interviewed: June 2020
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
First had a personal phone interview, went through investment banking deals more of fit. Second interview was more technical focused on 2 of my deals.
Interview Questions
Nothing was too unexpected, basically wanted me to think about a deal from investment banking from the perspective of an investor