Westwood Holdings Group Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (61%)

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.

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 donut, 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 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 (78%)

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.

3.5
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Westwood Holdings Group

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1st Year Analyst
Year 2018
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location Dallas
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
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Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Asset Management
Location Dallas
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Interview Questions & Answers - Westwood Holdings Group Examples

Investment analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Dallas
Interviewed: March 2018
Date Submitted: Jul 06, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
Starts off with a phone call from HR. Then you interview with the Portfolio Manager via a phone. I then had to answer 10 questions about the company by reading through their public information. After I submitted those answers, I was invited to a superday at the firm.
Interview Questions
What is somewhat unique about WHG’s capital structure?

What do you think is the best way to value our company?

Do you think stock based compensation should be included or excluded when assessing the earnings power of the company?

What drives WHG’s revenue growth?

How would you forecast employee costs for our company?

How has WHG created value for its shareholders over time?

What is the most valuable asset the company has?

Those were the questions and now I just have to fill up this space...
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Summer Research Analyst Interview - Asset Management

Anonymous employee in Dallas
Interviewed: February 2014
Date Submitted: Apr 25, 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Personality Test
Drug Test
Background Check
Interview
I was referred by an employee. Received an email requesting an phone interview in early February for a summer internship. It was a one on one interview with the VP of Research. Standard fit questions with a few technical questions. IE why Westwood and what metrics do I use and why when considering a stock. I was told that the internships are short at 6 weeks and they are treated as an extended interview for the yearly hires of new analysts. After the interview he asked me to submit a model and write up on a potential investment.

After the interview I didn't hear back for over 2 months and assumed the worst when I didn't get a response to an email asking about the status of my application. I'm assuming I was wait listed as they considered "better" candidates then settled on me in the end if they still had an open spot.

The whole process was very informal and a bit disorganized as I had to call the VP of Research because he was late getting out of a meeting and forgot about my phone interview. I then waited over 2 months without hearing from them, then out of the blue received a call with an offer from one of the portfolio managers. Told to think about it over the weekend and then received an email that night from HR saying congratulations on accepting the offer even though I hadn't formally or informally accepted anything at that point. Took another couple days before I received an offer letter. Then was asked to fill out an application and take a personality test and sign the waiver for a background check and a drug test.

I asked the HR contact why the long wait to hear from them and did I still need to fill out an application, she said that they had just barely switched to a new method of hiring interns so they were still working out the bugs in the process.

Over all everyone was very friendly and was exactly what you would expect. I rated the interview experience as neutral simply because it seemed they were a bit disorganized throughout the process.
Interview Questions
Walk me through an investment that you recently made. What were the metrics you used to evaluate this stock. How did you find this opportunity? How did you determine when to exit the position? Did you make money? What were the risks?
What is one divided by point seven five?
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