Trivest Partners

Private Equity

Est Annual Revenue:
$10m+
AUM:
$500m-$999m
Website
Industry: Private Equity
[email protected]

Trivest Partners Interview Questions

2 total interview insight submissions

Interview Experience (75%)

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4.5
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (61%)

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

Interviews at Trivest Partners

YearPositionLocationGroup/DivisionExperienceDifficulty
20181st Year Associate MiamiPrivate EquityPositiveAverage
2012Private Equity AssociateMiamiInvestmentsVery PositiveAverage

1st Year Associate Interview - Private Equity

Anonymous interview candidate in Miami

Outcome

No Offer

Interview Source

Other

Length of Process

Less than 1 month
Interviewed: January 2018 Date Submitted: Jun 22, 2018

Application

Phone Interview

Interview

Had an initial call with one of the Principals of the firm. Spoke about my resume and past experience. Asked why I wanted to go into PE and explained to me that there is a very structured path when getting into PE in South Florida. Generally, the path is to work a few years at an IB and then come in as a 1st Year Associate and that they prefer to hire from firms down here (Ie. Suncap, etc). Asked some behavioral questions and at the end informed me that he didn't think it would be a good fit. Really kind and personable over the phone and although I did not advance past the phone screening, the firm seems to have an excellent culture from what I could tell with speaking with one of the Principals.

Interview Questions

Why do you want to work at Trivest specifically?
Why PE? What do you think of the current PE market?
How do you feel that your past experience would allow you to excel as an associate within Trivest?
What are your personal standards of success and when have you met or exceeded them?
How would your boss and co-workers describe you?
What kind of working environment are you most comfortable?
What are your 5-year goals? What are your 10-year goals? Do you believe working hear will help you reach those goals?
Sample Answer

Private Equity Associate Interview - Investments

Anonymous employee in Miami

Outcome

Accepted Offer

Interview Source

Employee Referral

Length of Process

1-2 months
Interviewed: January 2012 Date Submitted: Dec 28, 2013

Application

Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test

Interview

First round consisted of a few phone interviews with various people. This was not difficult or much different than a few other firms I interviewed with. It consisted mainly of fit questions and walking through my resume and deals (I was in investment banking at the time). Final round was at the offices and there were a few other candidates there as well. It was a full day of interviews with each of the investment professionals (10-12) and a group lunch in the middle. The interviews with the individuals varied widely between (1) fit questions, (2) technical questions in finance and accounting (the WSO questions would cover it all, and (3) case study-esque questions which were more situational in nature and tested your ability to understand what aspects of a business make it good vs. bad. There was also a simple three statement cash flow modeling test - it was easy (no LBO modeling).

Interview Questions

Interviewer gave you a few aspects of a business - price, volume, margins, fixed costs, variable costs, depreciation and taxes. He then gave a few scenarios (i.e. increase price $x vs. volume x units, chg. in variable vs. fixed costs) and you needed to determine which scenarios were most beneficial to the company. It essentially just tested your understand of the income statement, and made sure that you weren't memorizing questions.
Tell me about a business you worked on - what were the highlights and risks? Did the transaction close? Would you have invested in it? Why or why not?
Sample Answer