VRA Partners Interview Questions

3 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (64%)

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.

3.7
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (73%)

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
% Interns - FT Offers (62%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

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.

Interviews at VRA Partners

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Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2020
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
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Location Atlanta
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Positive
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Year 2019
Job Title Intern
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Location Atlanta
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Year 2008
Job Title Intern
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Interview Questions & Answers - VRA Partners Examples

Summer analyst Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in Atlanta
Interviewed: October 2020
Date Submitted: Oct 13, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Networked with a few analysts, associates, and a VP and received a first round phone interview. Interview was within a week of the notification of receiving an email. Interview was one on one with associate at the firm.
Interview Questions
Interview consisted of behavioral portion and technical portion. Behaviorals were typical resume walkthrough, why our bank, what does an investment bank do, etc. Question about the roles of analysts and associates were also included in that portion. Technical questions included the following: 4 valuation methods, how does a valuation using comparable companies and precedent transaction work, what is cheaper for a company to finance with (debt or equity), and finally a mental math question where you take revenue, grow it by 10% for two years, then turn that into EBIT using an ebitda margin and given depreciation.
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Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Atlanta
Interviewed: September 2019
Date Submitted: Jul 09, 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
They came to my school in order to conduct in person interviews. The next week I was selected for a final round super day, which would take place 2 weeks from the 1st interview. At the super day, I met with the majority of the firm and was interviewed by all levels of the banking hierarchy. 2 days later I received my offer.
Interview Questions
They asked me general technical banking questions as well as challenging brain teasers. They paid close attention to how a sell side process looks like, walking through a DCF and an LBO, as well as accounting and valuation questions. The hardest brain teaser was; if you have 8 identical balls, but one is slightly lighter than the rest of the group and I give you a scale that you can only use 2 times, how would you be able to select the lightest ball in the group with 100% accuracy every single time?
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Investment Banking Intern Interview -

Anonymous interview candidate in Atlanta
Interviewed: 2008
Date Submitted: Feb 27, 2012
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
On campus recruiting. Resume drop off during meet and greet, then a phone call to set up phone interview. Then met one on one with a group member.
Interview Questions
Why VRA?
Where else have you been interviewing?
Why VRA specifically over other small boutique banking firms you have interviewed with, such as
Brookwood, Breckenridge, and TM Capital? (This was a very difficult question. The Atlanta boutiques
all appear to be very similar to each other).
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