Och-Ziff Capital Management Group Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (69%)

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3.6
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Interview Difficulty (88%)

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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 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 (85%)

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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 Och-Ziff Capital Management Group

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Interview Questions & Answers - Och-Ziff Capital Management Group Examples

Distressed debt analyst Interview - Investment Management

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: August 2016
Date Submitted: Feb 01, 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Interview
Round 1 was 4 1x1 verbal interviews. Technical questions asking about market size builds from top down, where the product fits in cost structure of costumer, margins replacement capex unit economics.
Interview Questions
Case study was challenging. Week to study company and where you would invest. Crux of the interview was segment level valuation — gave research model to assist in process. Review consisted of groups head and all junior people firing off questions. Specifically what were breakeven prices both for unleavened and levered cash flows. The answer, which I didn’t get, was noticing the off market contract gobbling up 50% of exitba showing up as opex...could you reject the contract in bankruptcy and EV would give control to the bonds.
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Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Hong Kong
Interviewed: January 2015
Date Submitted: Oct 07, 2016
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Interview
Process involved in-depth modelling test, case study on china consumer, meeting with pm, meeting with cio, meeting with HR, and a final review.
Interview Questions
How would you price a security? Whats the right price or wrong price? Also the CIO asked me questions on how to price a certain 3rd party research firm's products, and what would be the logic behind my answer. Mostly they wanted to understand how you think, and why.

Another difficult question I got was to analyse a company's model without knowing the company's name. You can only see historical numbers, like sales growth, margins, capex, debt etc... When you have time constraints, it is really difficult to answer in a time effective manner. So be prepared for that.
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Intern Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2015
Date Submitted: Nov 06, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Background Check
Interview
Phone interview with human resources. Came into the office and met with multiple analysts, associates, vice presidents, managing directors, principals, etc. Invited back for super day in which I met with some of the same people and some new people. Very in depth and challenging recruitment process experience. Overall, extremely impressed with the firm's employees and culture.
Interview Questions
How would you calculate a cap rate for a REIT? What is a cap rate? Walk me through a pro forma. If you have two buildings that are exactly the same, and one has a 55% LTV and 4% rate, and the other building has a 85% LTV and a 3% rate, which building would you buy? What is a discount rate? Is a cap rate a levered or unleveled metric? What are the risk and return profiles for a office building? What is 11 cubed? Why do you want to work at Och-Ziff? Where else are you interviewing? Are we your top choice? If you can throw a baseball at 55mph, how long would it take you to throw a baseball from shortstop to first base? How about from center field to the pitcher?
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Trader Interview - Trading

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: April 2009
Date Submitted: Apr 11, 2013
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
In-person
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Personality Test
Interview
initial phone call with head of trading. I was referred by a former coworker at my previous firm. Met in-person with head of trading, 5 traders, 3 portfolio managers and investment analysts, head of trading operations. People were friendly and the interviews were easygoing- a couple of quick brainteasers that were not too difficult. Office was a bit stuffier that some of the other places I had interviewed.
Interview Questions
What value do you think you can add to the team that the current trading team probably doesn't?

Emphasis on managing transaction costs because of my analytical background.
What was your biggest failure over the past year?

I traded into a big position too slowly expecting the price to mean-revert. Missed out on a lot of alpha.

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Analyst Interview -

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: April 2010
Date Submitted: Aug 01, 2012
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
4-5 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Internal recruiter contacted me directly having been given my name by several of my peers to run a particular regional equity area within Och Ziff. Initial interview was with HR and an analyst with a similar geography, second round was with analyst, HR sector specialist and head of London office, third round was with an multiple analysts, with significantly more technical questions and a case study. Gap between interviews was long.
Interview Questions
Technical questions as standard, particularly on the equity side you need to be au fait with all pricing and modelling mechanisms
Questions over the investment model of Och Ziff (multi-strategy with local overlays) need some thinking of, you don't want to offend them!
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