Point72 Interview Questions

201 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.

3.5
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  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (98%)

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.

3.2
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
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% Interns - FT Offers (92%)

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.

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Interviews at Point72

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Group/Division Hedge Fund
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Interview Questions & Answers - Point72 Examples

Point72 Academy Summer Analyst Interview - Hedge Fund

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: February 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Interview
Written application (3 short essays), case study, HR call, coach round. Turnaround was long between written app and case study, but afterwards it moved quickly. Rejected after coach round. Seems like they give out lots of case studies at target schools and a good number of coach rounds too, but offers are rare.
Interview Questions
The interview was almost entirely about a pitch and the case study. (i.e. long pitch, as well as follow ups on case study)

Summer Intern Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: May 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
The interview process took around 1-2months during April-May. Began with an IQ test + behavioural, then a HR interview, then a case study with a few questions on market sizing, company analysis. Then, online round with the US Academy Coach, UK Academy Coach and the final interview superday at the London Office which was a 30-minute chat with an analyst.
Interview Questions
What drives your investment philosophy?

IAC QR Intern Interview - Quantitative Research

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: April 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
First interview focused on resume and motivations and was 20-30 minutes. Second interview focused on testing CAPM knowledge and some coding skills. 1. given covariance, fraction of non-diversifiable risk in the portfolio 2. compute correlation without using the square-root function 3. (trick question) compute point estimate of stock return given the market return 4. basic maths involving sharpe ratios of strategies
Interview Questions
Compute the fraction of non-diversifiable risk in a portfolio

analyst Interview - Investment Research

Anonymous interview candidate in Central & Western
Interviewed: February 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
4-5 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
I was able submit my resume through recruiter. The first round is 45 minute model test, involving 3 statement forecast and various ratio calclations. The spread sheet is pretty large, pls be sure to be proficient on modelling. Second round is the BD call for personality and resume walk through. The 3rd round is the PM call with case study. Did not pass
Interview Questions
The model test has some unusual ratio to calculate, such as FCF Yield. There is no body use this kind of ratio in job. Please be prepared.

Intern Interview - Quantitative Research

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: October 2024
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Background Check
Interview
Online assessment on Hackerrank, Wonderlic assessment, superday speaking with 3 members of the team, final call with the hiring manager. The superday involved a lot of resume questions about past internships as well as classic technical questions.
Interview Questions
Case study about using alt data

investment analyst Interview - Equities

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: October 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
Recruiter reached out and connected me with internal BD team. Within few days spoke with BD team twice just for initial fit and screening. Week later did wonderlic iq/intellegence test. passed the test, think i then had to do a modeling test (proctored but at home), after passing that then spoke with PM of the team. Spoke with PM of the team then they handed me take home assignment which was 1 week pitch.

once i got the pitch assignment (effectively just here's a ticker go make a 3 statement model and write a pitch in 1 week) i realized i was not actually interested or ready enough at the time and pulled out of the process.

everyone was very kind and helpful along the way, very straightforward and similar to what you'd imagine out of buyside recruiting.
Interview Questions
Nothing caught me off guard. not that i'm a genius or anything, but technicals were relegated to the technical assignments and the conversations I had were more about personality and mindset fit rather than running through brainteasers.

Summer Academy Associate Interview - Hedge Fund

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: January 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
Started with an application with three essays that then resulted in a case study if passed first round. Case study focused on a comparison of two similar public companies. After that round I was given a cognitive assesment and behavior assesment to complete before a behavioral interview with a recruiter at P72. Standard questions focused on why P72 and background.
Interview Questions
Who is someone that you admire and what would they say about you if I called them right now?

Quantitative Developer (Intern) Interview - Engineering

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: August 2024
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Background Check
Interview
Applied online and received a fast reply in a few days requesting a first round interview; proceeded with 3-4 technical rounds of virtual interviews, including one with the manager and a few other researchers and developers. Interviews were standard technical and systems design questions, with a heavy emphasis on trivia and questions about my past experiences. Questions were of average difficulty--nothing too unreasonable or non-standard. No finance knowledge or knowledge about trading was assumed. Pleasant interactions throughout the process and the recruiters replied with feedback very quickly (within a day, typically).
Interview Questions
Tell me about why a career in the trading industry is interesting to you and why you were interested in Point72?

Data Scientist Interview - Global Data

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: November 2024
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
A hacckerank with SQL and Leetcode. Then some pymetrics type questions. A hirvue asking behavioral questions and project questions. Finally a superday with 3 interviews going over techincal ML stuff.
Interview Questions
Why do you want to work here? Details on linear regression hypotheticals: you get X data set, and transform it, what happens to the coefficients?

Quant researcher Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in New york
Interviewed: November 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Received a link which had a lot of prob/stat questions. After that had a phone interview (1 hour), mostly consisted of technical questions.
Interview Questions
I was asked to explain a solution to Black-Scholes equation.
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Est Annual Revenue
$10bn-$15bn
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