Promontory Financial Group Interview Questions

4 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (78%)

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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 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 (71%)

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.

2.8
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Promontory Financial Group

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1st Year Associate
Year 2020
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Generalist
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2018
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Consulting
Location New York
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2013
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Consulting
Location Washington
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2013
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division DC
Location Washington
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Promontory Financial Group Examples

Associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: March 2020
Date Submitted: Jun 15, 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
Applied online. Heard back from HR in about two weeks. First round is HR phone screen with basic information, mainly just going through my resume. Second round is with an associate and a analyst at the company site. Mostly very behavioral questions.
Interview Questions
I talked about AI in consulting and was asked about is AI good for the business or for the industry in general. Very open ended question.
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Intern Interview - Consulting

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: November 2018
Date Submitted: Nov 08, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
A relative of mine worked there. I got into contact with them. The interview process was pretty straight forward and I accepted the offer.
Interview Questions
I was not asked many technical questions but i found it to be difficult because they wanted number of things attracted me to consulting. I think it gives the opportunity to gain an insight into different industries and experience working with a range of companies. As a consultant you’re working closely with employees at these firms, learning their business and how they actually operate. I like the idea of consulting it seems to be a lot of problem solving and thinking out of the box to solve problems for businesses which Is something I think I can be good at.

I want to learn more about finance. I like the fast paced work environment where you get work with very smart and motivated people. Ive always been interested in the markets from a young age. Ive been going to informational sessions like for Falcon boutique IB in Philly which is sell side M&A.
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Summer Intern Interview - Consulting

Anonymous employee in Washington
Interviewed: December 2013
Date Submitted: Jun 13, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
Sent a cold email to a couple of employees including my resume and background. I was forwarded to HR and then supplied with interview details within 2 weeks. This was in early November and had my interview beginning of December. It included 3 separate interviews with a super-day style. 2 interviews were with MDs while the other was with a lady from HR. All extremely nice and very impressive people. Extended an offer a week later and accepted.
Interview Questions
Explain some of the programming you have experience in. (Never programmed before)
This interview was with one of the MDs that was known as very quant-based work. I had no intentions of being in his division, so I had not prepared much for any of the possible programming languages.

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Analyst Interview - DC

Anonymous employee in Washington
Interviewed: 2013
Date Submitted: Oct 30, 2013
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I passed my resume to the recruiter from Promontory Financial Group through the school's career fair. I received an email about schedule an interview after a month said was selected for the first round interview. I met with two directors at the D.C. office. Questions are generic, not very hard. Lasted for one hour in total.
Interview Questions
Why did you choose Promontory? Do you know the difference between Promontory and other consulting firms?
Tell me about your experience with data analysis. What related courses did you take? Did you take econometrics courses?
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