Third Point LLC Interview Questions

4 total interview insight submissions

Interview Experience (73%)

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.

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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 (91%)

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.

3.7
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Third Point LLC

YearPositionLocationGroup/DivisionExperienceDifficulty
2020AssociateNew YorkGeneralistVery PositiveDifficult
2020AssociateNew YorkGeneralistVery PositiveDifficult
2015AnalystNew YorkGeneralistNeutralAverage
2008Junior AnalystNew YorkMarketsPositiveDifficult

Associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Recruiter

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: August 2020

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

First call was with sector head. Was asked generic technicals. Several more calls with additional sector heads and analysts. Took 2-3 weeks to get through 3 rounds

Interview Questions

How many ping pong balls fit in a boeing 747? How many cars go through Lincoln Tunnel in a year?

Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

College / University / On Campus Recruiting

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: January 2015

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Drug Test

Interview

Easy. started off with a phone interview and then a couple weeks later a superday in newyork. It was pretty straight foraward

Interview Questions

why do you want to work for credit suisse.
What's the hardest job you've had and why?
• What financial story have you been following and what are your views?

•  If you had to choose one place, where would you invest your money right now?
• Tell me a time when you had to deal with a new situation and you had little information to work with
• Tell me a time when you had to deal with a new situation and you had little information to work with
• Tell me a time when you had to deal with a new situation and you had little information to work with

Junior Analyst Interview - Markets

Anonymous employee in New York

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Recruiter

Length of Process

3-4 months
Interviewed: 2008

Application

1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Background Check

Interview

Met with all analysts and PMs individually. Process in between took about two weeks. After final interview decision took about two more weeks of going back and forth.

Interview Questions

Future at the firm if hired starting from the bottom. Analysing view on market sectors for areas not studied and how to attack them.