Monarch Alternative Capital Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (75%)

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Interview Difficulty (89%)

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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Interviews at Monarch Alternative Capital

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Research Analyst
Year 2014
Job Title Research Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
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Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2012
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist Analyst
Location New York
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Interview Questions & Answers - Monarch Alternative Capital Examples

Research Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: March 2014
Date Submitted: Apr 29, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Background Check
Interview
First round was a phone screen interview covering general accounting / finance concepts. Second round was an in-person interview with 2 investment professionals with more background information and a short case study. Third round was first a very basic modeling test and a series of 3 2-on-1 interviews with the partners / senior professionals. Final round was a case study presentation to the entire investment team. Professionals were all very nice and the office / work culture seemed great.
Interview Questions
Is this an opportunistic time to get into distressed investing?
Where do you see the distressed markets going?
How do you think about leverage multiples and the leverage a business can support when evaluating "x" company?
Sample Answer

Generalist Analyst Interview - Generalist Analyst

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2012
Date Submitted: Nov 02, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Staffing Agency
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Slow Process but you meet most of the team (all seemed like good guys).

Round 1 - 2 on 1 with midlevel guys who are involved in the process. Typical deal stuff, some distressed technical questions (from diff btwn bond and loan to some more complicated stuff on seniority, intercreditor agreements)

Round 2 - 3 or 4 two on 1s where you meet all the partners. Range from everything from personal background, deal experience to the random - view on commodities, the fed, etc.

Round 3 / 4 - Financial Modeling test (simple lbo model type stuff) and Case Study - case study gives you a distressed credit, where the capital structure is trading and asks you to build a cap table, an overview of the business, what debt you would buy at what prices. Present to a large group at the fund.

Interview Questions
What is your long term view on the price of oil? What about other commodities like corn? How did you come to that view?
What do you think is the most important covenant a senior debt holder can have? What are the most important things to look for in an intercreditor agreement?
Sample Answer