Novus Partners Interview Questions

7 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.

3.3
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (91%)

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.

3.1
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (87%)

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 Novus Partners

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Year 2017
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Location New York
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Location New York
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Interview Questions & Answers - Novus Partners Examples

Software Engineering Intern Interview - Software

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: March 2017
Date Submitted: Sep 06, 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Phone interview for screening. Then on-site technical interviews. Three interviews for final interview.
Interview Questions
Walk me through threading technology?
Let's design a systematic elevator that takes consumer preferences into a more abstract lens (software question)
Why do you want to be here?
What is your strongest attribute as a student?
What do you wish you could do better, and why?
Tell us about your interest in financial technology.
What do you know about our company?
How did you learn about our company?
What do you know about hedge funds?
What do you know about Scala programming?
Do you have any questions for us?
Sample Answer

Analytics Intern Interview - Financial Services

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2014
Date Submitted: Dec 20, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
All basic behavioral questions. 1. Walk me through the resume. 2. Tell me about your experience at XX company. 3. What working environment do you like.
Interview Questions
1. Walk me through the resume.
2. Tell me about your experience at XX company.
3. What working environment do you like.
4. How did you deal with obstacles in a team ?
5. What's your favorite aspect of two interns?
6. Why do you wanna choose our company?
7. Why do you wanna choose this position?
8. Give me an example of a time when you had to make a split second decision.
9. What is your typical way of dealing with conflict? Give me an example.
10. Tell me about a time you were able to successfully deal with another person even when that individual may not have personally liked you (or vice versa).
Sample Answer

Analyst Interview - Analytics

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: December 2014
Date Submitted: Mar 10, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
Two phone interviews followed by four face-to-face interviews and IQ tests
Questions were not difficult, probably it is the cultural fit that mattered
Interview Questions
What risk factors would you consider for evaluation of a hedge-fund performance? (given minimum details of a fund)
Sample Answer

Analytics Intern Interview - Analytics

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: February 2014
Date Submitted: Feb 26, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Sent my resume and cover letter in through on-campus recruiting. Received an email to set up a phone call the following week. Had a brief 30-minute phone interview a week after that. Received an email the next day informing me they were going in another direction.
Interview Questions
Walk me through your resume.
What do we do at Novus?
Who are our clients?
What is a hedge fund?
Why do you want to work at Novus?
What would you hope to learn working at Novus?
Why did you major in finance?
Tell me about a finance class you took.
How did you get X internship?
Sample Answer

Analyst Interview - Analytics

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: December 2014
Date Submitted: Feb 14, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I made it through 2 phone interviews but didn't get the third one. They have 3 phone interviews then a 1 on 1 with senior analysts. The first interview was with a HR person and she asked usual behavior/ fit questions. (Why novus? Why analytics) She also asked what I knew about hedge funds.

In the second interview I spoke with an analyst, this was a tougher interview as he asked me what kind of hedge fund strategies I knew and to explain them in detail, how hedge funds short a position, and some specific questions pertaining to my back ground.

I didn't make it to the third phone interview.
Interview Questions
What kind of hedge fund strategies do you know? And explain them in detail?

Equity hedge, long/short, market neutral, global macro, relative value arbitrage,
Sample Answer

Analytics Intern Interview - Analytics

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: December 2014
Date Submitted: Jan 24, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Very simple and easy online application which only required CV and cover letter. A few weeks later they emailed me to set up a telephone interview. The call was easy to arrange and was made from their New York office. In the interview they did a basic CV walk through interview asking me about each detail of my CV. The interviewer was very pleasant and professional throughout. It was a positive experience. At the end of the call they said they would contact me in the next few days with further details of the process.
Interview Questions
Talk about a project that you completed that makes you feel proud
Tell me about yourself
Tell me about your time at company 'x' and how it was different to your time at company 'y'.
Sample Answer

Analyst Intern Interview - Research

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: November 2013
Date Submitted: Dec 21, 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Guy from the company e-mailed a professor at our school who forwarded it to a list of economics students. I contacted the guy who then connected me with an HR girl and I had a phone interview with her.
Interview Questions
Basic questions - she said an analyst would go more in depth if I was selected to move on. She asked what I thought of living in NY, why I wanted to intern at Novus, where else I was applying, etc.
Sample Answer