Zais Group Interview Questions

4 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (70%)

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.

3.8
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (53%)

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.

2.3
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at Zais Group

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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
Intern
Year 2020
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Structured Products
Location Holmdel, NJ, USA
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Year 2009
Job Title
Group/Division Investment Management
Location Red Bank
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Analytics
Location Red Bank
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Analyst
Year 2008
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division
Location Shanghai
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - Zais Group Examples

Summer Intern Interview - Structured Products

Anonymous employee in Holmdel, NJ, USA
Interviewed: January 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I applied through Handshake and then received a first round phone call. The phone call was behavioral. After that, I had an interview with 2 of the analysts.
Interview Questions
Some questions were:

What is something a bond investor would dislike but a bond investor would like?
What are bonds?
What is the difference between Loan and Bonds?
Why would you purchase bonds?
What are Collateralized Bond Obligations, Asset Backed Securities, and Mortgage Backed Securities?
What is securitized finance?
Why ZAIS?
Why are you interested in finance?

Overall, the interview was not very difficult and they were very receptive to helping throughout the process. They help you through the questions.

Hedge Fund Research Analyst Interview - Investment Management

Anonymous employee in Red Bank
Interviewed: June 2009
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
On Campus Interview which was about 15 minutes with 1 person from the firm, then was later called into their office and had 1 on 1 interviews with 4 different employees, each lasting about 15 to 20 minutes.
Interview Questions
There was a math brain teaser, 5 numbers along with a + sign, - sign, x sign, division sign, and equals sign. Had to figure out what order to put the numbers and symbols to get the equation to work, only given a couple minutes, was surprisingly difficult.

Data Analyst Intern Interview - Analytics

Anonymous employee in Red Bank
Interviewed: November 2014
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Originally contacted Zais Group and was told there was an intern opening in the Shanghai Branch. Had a phone interview with 3 employees at the Shanghai office. Questions were generally fit, experiences/academics, and basic knowledge of CDOs. Received an offer from Shanghai branch but managed to transfer to Red Bank after a subsequent meeting with CTO and VP at Red Bank where we further discussed my qualifications and the role. Overall experience has been good so far.
Interview Questions
Tell me what you know about CDO's?

Talked about their basic definition, tranches, cash flow through the different tranches, interest/principal payments, etc.

Analyst Interview -

Anonymous employee in Shanghai
Interviewed: January 2008
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
First round was phone interview with simple questions as self-intro and going thru points in your resume.

Soon I received the 1-to-1 interveiw notice. The man who interviewed me was the manager of the Shanghai Office. He again asked me about some experience in my resume. He also asked some behavioral questions like "Assume you are a leader of a team and one of your team member is not putting 100% of his effort into his work. Also he doesn't seem like caring too much about promotion or incentives of hard working. What do you do with him?" Then it was some basic numerical questions such as the result of 2^9. Not many technical questions were asked then.

However the manager who interviewed me was no longer in place, and the difficulty of the interviews are getting higher these days. Suitable candidates would be expected to answer technical questions in fixed income or derivatives. Post internships in banks or asset mgmt firms are also viewed to be an important factor. These days, interviews are organised in 2-3 rounds and decisions are made generally pretty quick.
Interview Questions
Assume you are a leader of a team and one of your team member is not putting 100% of his effort into his work. Also he doesn't seem like caring too much about promotion or incentives of hard working. What do you do with him?