PDT Partners Interview Questions

2 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (61%)

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
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (95%)

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.

4.5
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at PDT Partners

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1st Year Analyst
Year 2015
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Equity Capital Markets
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Research Associate
Year 2013
Job Title Research Associate
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Very Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - PDT Partners Examples

Finance & Accounting Analyst Interview - Equity Capital Markets

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: December 2015
Date Submitted: Jan 07, 2016
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Skills Test
Interview
Applied for the position at PDT Partner's website and after about a month one of HRs contacted me to take the test before the interview. I took the test and didn't make it.
Interview Questions
So the test was sent via email in excel format. There were 4 questions and I had to finish those in 1 hour and a half. However, the questions were kind of difficult but I was really short in time.
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Quant research Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2013
Date Submitted: Apr 05, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
After info session, received email invitation for on-campus interview. This consisted of 2 technical interviews and one interview with hiring partner. Everyone was very nice.

A few weeks later, was asked to do another phone interview.

A week after that, received invitation to onsite superday in NYC.

Did not pass on-site superday.
Interview Questions
Initial rounds were standard brain teasers, but later round questions were much more open ended (e.g. design a certain type of auction, etc). Very intellectually challenging and interesting. Also some group interviews as well.
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