Principal Real Estate Investors Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (85%)

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4.3
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Interview Difficulty (70%)

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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.

2.8
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  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Principal Real Estate Investors

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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Real Estate
Location Des Moines
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2022
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division N/A
Location Des Moines
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2019
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division N/A
Location Des Moines
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Year 2013
Job Title
Group/Division Real Estate
Location Various
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Principal Real Estate Investors Examples

Intern Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous employee in Des Moines
Interviewed: September 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Group Interview
Background Check
Interview
Applied online. First interview is a 1-way. Received an invitation do a group interview shortly thereafter. Almost entirely behavioral with some basic market/technical questions. Interview lasted an hour. Great group, know what they talking about. Interview wasn't super structured, so the last 30-40 minutes is mostly just you asking questions or talking about whatever.
Interview Questions
Most people find themselves not "choosing" real estate but "falling into" it. How did you fall in.

Summer analyst Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in Des Moines
Interviewed: September 2022
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Zoom interview with analyst and HR and then an interview with some higher ups. All pretty behavioral.
Interview Questions
Tell me about yourself

Commercial Real Estate Analyst - Private Debt Interview

Anonymous employee in Des Moines
Interviewed: August 2019
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Group Interview
Interview
I recently graduated college and really wanted to work for a real estate investment firm. I'm originally from Iowa so I looked into Principal Financial's real estate team. I found a couple analyst on Linkedin and sent messages to set up a call to learn about principals re team. Call went great and I stayed in touch with the guy for 6 months until a job was posted. He recommended me and I had an interview the next week with four managing directors for the private debt teams. I was offered the next morning.
Interview Questions
I spent the day before preparing for what questions I thought they might ask. TBH there was no technical questions, they were just testing me the whole time for if I have passion for real estate and if I would be a good marketer for the firm in the future.
Key questions were:
Why do you want to work in real estate?
Why are you interested in the private debt team?
Tell me a little bit about yourself.
Why do you want to live in Des Moines?
Why are you different/better than other candidates?

The rest of the time was just spent BSing with each other and getting to know each other.

Portfolio Interview - Real Estate

Anonymous interview candidate in Various
Interviewed: 2013
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Interview
They seemed like really good guys. Very smart. Depending on how much they are involved with investments it may be a time suck. They were probably looking for a someone of fit. Usually at this point they have people that are all qualified it's just a matter of finding someone they one to work with on a day to day basis. I would say their Human Resources lacked knowledge of the position and the opportunity.
Interview Questions
Walk me through your resume? Why did you decide to go to this undergraduate school and get this degree? Why did you go to this particular graduate school? What interests you in this position? What do you know about what we do here? What, where, why would you invest in a particular asset class today? Give me five reasons for this decision. Do you base your decision on macro or micro reasons? What do you currently do at your position on a day to day basis. Do you know what we do on a day to day basis? Why would you leave your current position? How advanced are you in excel, Argus and other programs that are real estate related? What type of work environment do you work best in? Do you work well in an environment that lets you take on responsibility? Do you work well in an environment where you are directed to do specific tasks. Would you be willing to train interns while working here? Is pay a determinate for your employment decision?
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