The Retirement Group Interview Questions (2024) - 1 Entries

The Retirement Group Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (40%)

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Interview Difficulty (85%)

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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 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.

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% Interns - FT Offers (40%)

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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 The Retirement Group

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Year

Job Title

Group/Division

Location

Experience

Difficulty

1st Year Analyst

Year 2012

Job Title 1st Year Analyst

Group/Division Generalist

Location Houston

Experience

Positive

Difficulty

Very Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - The Retirement Group Examples

Financial Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Houston

Interviewed: May 2012

Date Submitted: Sep 06, 2013

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Recruiter

Length of Process

2-3 months

Application

Phone Interview

Group Interview

Presentation

Skills Test

IQ / Intelligence Test

Interview

In my internship interview presentation I was required to give my opinion on Modern Portfolio Theory . The internship assignment was to determine if the markets are efficient then why are value managers consistently beating the markets on a return and risk adjusted basis. I studied vvalue investing and used the retirement group research. I also studied the value plans of exxonmobil and PG&E.

Interview Questions

Explain the popularity of MPT when all data suggests that basic value metrics low P/B and low P/E consistently;y beat the markets in the US and internationally.

Tell me about a traumatic event in your life and how overcoming and getting through that event will make you a good candidate

Sample Answer