Acquisitions Summer Analyst Interview - What can I expect?
Monkeys,
Considering there isn't extensive material on the subject - does anyone have insight regarding what I can expect for a summer analyst acquisitions interview? I have an interview coming up with a top tier REPE firm (think Blackstone/Starwood/Brookfield).
Any help is appreciated!
Is this interview for a position this Summer or next?
2019 Summer analyst pool
Damn, that's almost a year away. Is it common for companies to hire this early?
No, but this year the recruiting cycle was moved up for whatever reason.
I do not work for one of those firms but I just completed an analyst search for our private equity firm and can give you some perspective on what a smaller shop's interview process and knowledge required looks like.
Have a basic knowledge of the following terms and how to calculate them:
Be able to walk someone through an operating statement (PRI, EGI, OPEX, NOI, CF after debt) for whatever the property type is they specialize in
LTV, LTC, DSCR and debt yield - how to calculate them and why they are important
Development yield, going in cap rate, equity multiple, IRR and NPV
General vs. limited partner, typical capital structures between the two
Preferred equity, mezzanine debt - if the firm uses them (this might be hard to surmise prior to your interview)
Do your research: make sure you understand the company's preferred property type, investment/project sizes, who their competitors are and ideally some background on who you will be interviewing with.
For our search we had candidates complete a four hour modeling exam building a ground up apartment development in Excel from scratch with a target of calculating the project level IRR and equity multiple which we had them present to our associate and director of development.
After that the following interviews were mainly for cultural fit, personality and how they interacted with senior leadership. I would imagine since this is a summer position they will not be as extensive as we did since ours was a full time opportunity out of the shoot.
Extremely helpful. Thank you for this
To piggyback on FutureCEO's post, for a MF, I would expect some macro questions. The most common variant of this is "If you had x number of dollars to invest in real estate, where would you invest, in what product type, and why?"
Real estate acquisition summer analyst interview (Originally Posted: 03/11/2015)
Hi guys,
I have an interview at a small private equity real estate firm coming up. They typically invest in all types of real estate ranging from 10 million to 50 million
Just wondering if you knew the best ways to prepare for this interview. I've pretty much got down valuing a company, and IRR's and all that basic good stuff.
What specifically should I know about that company? Recent acquisitions? or anything like that?
Any tips would be helpful, thanks.
Definitely look up recent acquisitions, it wouldn't hurt to know some trends in the sectors or markets they invest in either. I was in real estate pe for almost 2 years, feel free to PM me if you have specific questions.
Acquisitions Summer Analyst Interview: What can I expect? (Originally Posted: 06/28/2018)
Monkeys,
Considering there isn't extensive material on the subject - does anyone have insight regarding what I can expect for a summer analyst acquisitions interview? I have an interview coming up with a top tier REPE firm (think Blackstone/Starwood/Brookfield).
Any help is appreciated!
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