Millennium Partners Interview Questions

11 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (67%)

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.

3.2
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (96%)

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
% Interns - FT Offers (58%)

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.

Interviews at Millennium Partners

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Year 2018
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Strategy
Location New York
Experience
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Difficulty
Very Difficult
Intern
Year 2018
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2018
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Corporate Development
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
2nd Year Analyst
Year 2018
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division Hedge Fund
Location London
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2015
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Research Analyst
Year 2015
Job Title Research Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2015
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Equity Research
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult
3rd+ Year Associate
Year 2011
Job Title 3rd+ Year Associate
Group/Division Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2012
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Trading
Location New York
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Very Easy
Trading Assistant
Year 2013
Job Title Trading Assistant
Group/Division Trading
Location Westport
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Millennium Partners Examples

Summer Intern Interview - Strategy

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2018
Date Submitted: Mar 13, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Began with a 30-minute one-on-one interview on campus consisting only of behavioral questions. Then was called in for a superday about a month later, where I met with 3-4 employees.
Interview Questions
How to value an in-house technology that gave this particular hedge fund an edge over its competitors, and what would be the best way to go about selling this technology to other companies that may be interested in the product? Would you sell it to other competitors? How much should we sell it for? What would be the best way of selling it to other companies?

Where can/should this mail service cut costs, which has operations in NYC, Texas, and online?

Why do you want to work for Millennium? / Tell me about yourself.
Sample Answer

Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: October 2018
Date Submitted: Jan 31, 2019
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
1-on-1 interview on campus. Mostly fit questions. Then super-day in NY offices. Fit as well, but some technicals tested
Interview Questions
Asked what had been happening in the markets for the past three days - biggest winners and losers. Then asked about interest rate environment particularly for small cap stocks. Otherwise, interview process was mostly fit which was surprising as I was expecting technicals to be tough. Mostly "situational" questions, meaning "tell me about a time when you..." or "imagine you were...". Overall, I found the interview process to be seamless, but I was surprised to have to wait 2-3 weeks to hear back regarding an offer.
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Corp Development Summer Analyst Interview - Corporate Development

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: December 2018
Date Submitted: Dec 20, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
Applied initially through school's (non/semi target) job board in one click, a week later got an email from HR for a phone screen. Set me up with an alum and another young guy, very conversational interview. No actual "interview" questions, just a normal conversation about sports, bars, and overview of role. Got an email for a superday a week later where I met the two guys and their boss, same vibe as before.
Interview Questions
No actually difficult questions, made a small hypothetical scenario and asked how I would hypothetically model it, which was no problem at all. Just there to see my thought process. A few unexpected questions like whats my favorite bar on campus and why, what sports teams and why, who's gonna take over the iron throne. Everything was extremely conversational and it barely even seemed like an interview, more like a coffee talk with the team I was interviewing over. Overall, pretty easy process for fit.
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Millenium Interview - Hedge Fund

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: March 2018
Date Submitted: May 20, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
A lot of brainteasers (heard on the street stuff)
Questions around the statements (how the three are linked)
Impact of asset acquisition in the three statements
Merger impact - dilution/accretion etc
Motivations (why HF, why L/S Equity, why millennium)
Interview Questions
There was not a difficult question per se, in terms of the technical side of things.
The most difficult part was how aggressive the people taking the interview were. Didnt accept any answer and kept pushing back and digging deeper.
Sample Answer

Summer Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: March 2015
Date Submitted: Feb 22, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
1) First round interview on campus, mostly behavioral
2) Simple IQ test and reasoning tests that were not all that difficult
3) One on one interview with group members in the office, i interviewed with maybe 5-6 different people - a mix of technical, behavioral
4) Very thorough background check, and a drug test
Interview Questions
There really weren't a ton of very difficult or unexpected questions because this was for a Generalist Summer Internship position. A lot of it was behavioral, fit questions, "how would you react/resolve an issue in a given situation" type of questions. A few questions about why this position, why Millennium questions. There were a few technical or market related questions as well. But nothing was terribly difficult nor required a ton of technical knowledge - because as mentioned, this was a summer internship position.
Sample Answer

Equity Research Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2015
Date Submitted: Feb 03, 2016
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Interview
I had to meet with the team that was looking as well as the senior investment officer. There was a stock picking challenge, and I they picked my brain to death on the details in the analysis. I think they wanted to see if they could shake me off my thesis.
Interview Questions
Why are you not joining the private equity recruiting like your friends in your banking class? How do we know that you aren't interviewing with hedge funds and private equity funds?
Why are you willing to leave your banking program early? You made a 2 year commitment to your firm. Do you believe you have a good reason to leave early when your team is relying on the promise you made them.
When do you believe you will start to add value, and how do you plan on building your skill set so that you are valuable to the team?
Sample Answer

Investment Analyst Interview - Equity Research

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2015
Date Submitted: Oct 28, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Interview
- Basic behavioral questions as well as a ton of technical questions
- Be prepared to talk about several stocks - both long and short
- Case study - given 1 week to complete (short write-up of 1-2 pages, and full model)
Interview Questions
- Why didn't you do banking?
- Why is your GPA so low?
- Build me a LBO model
- Walk me through your investment process top to bottom
Sample Answer

production mgmt Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT)

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: 2011
Date Submitted: Nov 04, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
4-5 months
Application
Group Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
Interview "bar" set very high for job responsibility. Most questions in the interview process are irrelevant to job responsibilities
Interview Questions
Questions asked that were porblems specific to internal infrastrucutre, not a common issue in popular infrastrucutures
Self inflicted errors, solutions seekd through asking resolutuions in intervierview questions, Expectations of individual answers not relevant to primary job responsibilities. never used skills most answers sought in interview.
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RMBS Trading Intern Interview - Trading

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: June 2012
Date Submitted: Jan 19, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Drug Test
Interview
Each group hires independently. The internship was with a 6-person trading team, and the interviews were conducted by two members of the team.
Interview Questions
Why do you want to work in finance?

I didn't have industry experience, and talked about wanting to apply mathematical analysis/modeling background to economics interests.
Sample Answer

Trading Assistant Interview - Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Westport
Interviewed: June 2013
Date Submitted: Nov 25, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Phone call. Intense scrutiny of yourself. "What is your weakness?" followed by "That answer is not truthful. Please just tell the truth."
Interview Questions
How do you know you are being true? I replied by saying that truth is a point in which a conclusion is arrived after careful critical analysis; this can be achieved by dissecting the principal constructs of a problem and severing personal biases.
Sample Answer