PennyMac Interview Questions

2 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (83%)

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.

5
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (49%)

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.

2.5
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at PennyMac

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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
1st Year Analyst
Year 2019
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Mortgage
Location westlake village
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Investment Analyst
Year 2021
Job Title Investment Analyst
Group/Division Private Banking
Location Los Angeles
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - PennyMac Examples

Analyst Interview - Mortgage

Anonymous employee in westlake village
Interviewed: November 2019
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
Interviewed through internal referall, met with 3 team members including managing director. They seemed friendly and asked some questions to see what I understood about the firm, and which areas this team really focused on building. Technical questions were pretty simple and straightforward, and the team members left a strong impression.
Interview Questions
The Managing director asked for a back of the napkin calculation of two 3-digit numbers.

Investment Analyst Interview - Private Banking

Anonymous employee in Los Angeles
Interviewed: March 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
The interview process started off with a initial zoom interview in 30 minute slots, with 2 people. The people were truly some of the kindest interviewers I have had. This was then proceeded by the final round of interviews around 3 weeks later in the same format and once again had an excellent experience. All the interviewers were usually a couple of years into their career. Mostly behavioral questions with some technical questions in the last round. As long as you are genuine, it was good. Offer made just a week after even though we were told it would take 3 weeks I assume to first extend offers to the top candidates and then from the no's to the rest.
Interview Questions
How would your friends describe you? Favorite excel functions?