ITG Investment Research Interview Questions

5 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (93%)

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.

4.4
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Interview Difficulty (88%)

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.

3.2
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% Interns - FT Offers (65%)

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 ITG Investment Research

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Group/Division
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Experience
Difficulty
1st Year Associate
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Oil and Gas
Location Calgary
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Investment Research
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)
Location Dublin
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - ITG Investment Research Examples

Associate Interview - Oil and Gas

Anonymous interview candidate in Calgary
Interviewed: April 2014
Date Submitted: Jun 22, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
1st Round: Group interview with two of the Associates. Standard resume questions and outlook on energy industry.
2nd Round: Modelling test and reading comprehension test with press release. Took about 1.5 hrs.
Interview Questions
Basic excel modelling questions - how does a DCF work?
Technical oil and gas questions - what do you know about type curves?
Sample Answer

Sales and Trading Analyst Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2014
Date Submitted: Feb 05, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Initial Interview from on campus recruiting, led to a small dinner for a hot list of candidates later that night. Later faced with another on campus interview as a second round, this time one on one with their CEO, also an alum.
Interview Questions
Talk about a time you failed? This is a challenging question not necessarily because it was unexpected but mainly because it appeared that the CEO was looking to see that I would admit to having failed several times. He stressed the importance of failure at ITG and how many candidates who have gone to elite high schools and universities havnt failed enough. I think he especially was looking for a very real and genuine failure, especially one on a professional level. I specifically talked about a couple of specific examples from one of my previous internships where I clearly failed at my job but was able to learn and rebound
What Isn't on your resume that we should still know about you? He kind of elaborated and made it seem like the question wasn't purely a fit one; he wanted something that wasn't on the resume that could very well have been one there. He wasn't looking to listen to the type of sports teams I root for or the types of shows i watch on Netflix. This question honestly took me by surprise and for a second I thought it would be tough to answer - if it was worth talking about then why wasn't it on my resume already? I did manage to think on my feet and talk about a semi professional experience I had at a university program when I was in high school
Sample Answer

R&D Interview - Investment Research

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: October 2014
Date Submitted: Nov 07, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Very friendly people. Met 4 people for half an hour each. Discussed my background, some technical questions regarding company valuation methods and statistics (time series).
Interview Questions
Typical behavioral questions and very detailed questions on statistics like what is R square, what's its implications, and adjusted R square, things like that
Sample Answer

Sales & Trading Summer Analyst Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: January 2014
Date Submitted: Apr 04, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
I attended an onsite information session set up through my school and submitted my resume to HR during the visit. I was then invited to an on campus interview one month later. The interview was 1-on-1 and was with an IT employee (made no sense since the position was S&T). He asked me questions on technical analysis, asked me to pitch one small-, mid- and large-cap company, and threw in some situational questions (you pitched a bad stock to your client last week...what do you do now).
Interview Questions
Pitch a small, mid and large cap stock.
Sample Answer

Business Intelligence Analyst Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)

Anonymous interview candidate in Dublin
Interviewed: January 2014
Date Submitted: Feb 21, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Interview consisted of a long introduction to the company, with detailed explanations of how i would fit into the team and my potential progression over the next few years. A critical analysis of my curriculum vitae followed. No real difficult questions, more them trying to figure my skillsets. After this, the interview moved back into them convincing me of the environment in ITG and how much fun it is to work with.
Interview Questions
Tell me why you would be a good fit for this job. They then went on to highlight the problems that I would have in the job based off what I had just answered. They then asked me to explain how i would deal with these potential problems, this went back and forth for a considerable while.
Explain how you used your entrepreneurial skill to solve a problem. They wanted me to clearly show insight and innovative solutions to problems that I had encountered. THis was basically a question of how had I solved a problem in a way that I didnt think that anybody else could.
Sample Answer