Vestar Capital Partners Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (41%)

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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.

3
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  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (70%)

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 Vestar Capital Partners

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1st Year Analyst
Year 2017
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
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Location New York
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Difficulty
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1st Year Associate
Year 2013
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Private Equity
Location New York
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1st Year Associate
Year 2014
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Private Equity
Location New York
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Negative
Difficulty
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1st Year Associate
Year 2012
Job Title 1st Year Associate
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Location New York
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Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Vestar Capital Partners Examples

Investment analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: May 2017
Date Submitted: Jan 30, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
I was invited to interview and was asked to complete a one on one interview with the hr rep, followed by several follow-on rounds
Interview Questions
How do you think about a growth company? What are the key drivers to consider and how do you engage the financial model? What are you detailed steps from start to finish in developing an investment thesis? What are some immediate red flags and how often do you conduct SWOT analysis? What are your views on the broader economy? What are those economic risks on your investment thesis? What impact does interest expense have on valuation? What's your view on the current protectionist administration?
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Pre-MBA Associate Interview - Private Equity

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: February 2013
Date Submitted: Nov 10, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
Interview process was relatively standard for Private Equity
1) First round - 1 hr interview with one VP and one associate
2) Second round - 1 hr interview with another VP
3) Take home case study - three page investment write up + model on a public company they assigned me
4) Final Round - 5 half hour interviews with senior MD's
Interview Questions
Pick an industry that you have not worked on a deal for and explain why you would invest in that industry (this includes ~15 mins of follow up questions from the MD)
Walk through all the basic lines of the LBO model for a deal on your resume. This is not just being able to cite the revenue and EBITDA numbers, but specifically explaining what was driving revenue growth, margin expansion, etc. Then you have to be able to do the math down to projected cash flows and come out to an estimated IRR. One MD asked me to do that for a deal I had worked on, one MD asked me to do that same exercise, but gave me some round numbers for a made up company.
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PE Associate Interview - Private Equity

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: February 2014
Date Submitted: Jun 14, 2014
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Contacted by a headhunter to interview for an associate position. Had a phone interview first with the VP and head of recruiting. One week later had a 2nd interview with a Principal. The Principal seemed like he was multi-tasking during the interview and was not listening fully to answers I was giving. The interviewer did not go well and I never heard back from the recruiter about it.
Interview Questions
What could go wrong with that business that would make this deal bad for the buyer? What is the likelihood of that?
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Per-MBAAssociate Interview -

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: 2012
Date Submitted: Sep 28, 2012
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
R1 was two 30 minute 1 on 1's, fairly technical on deal info from resume. Asked about each set of projections, drivers and IRR (sponsor, mgmt, bank downside). Then confirmed IRR by having me calculate it in front of him on my calculator.
Interview Questions
Calculating IRR on an actual deal. Paper LBO generally uses very simplified assumptions, but a real deal from Rez requires you to remember all the projection components for all 5 years, build out a cf model on a piece of paper and get the IRR you calculate to match what initially told the guy.
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