Hey all, making a thread for those applying to FTP (full time). Seems relatively early against many other shops - where do you guys stand in the process? Currently have a first round phone interview coming up myself, would be great to get a better picture. Also would be helpful for anyone who has experience with the firm's process to talk about the timeline.
Cheers
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Going through the process as well, just submitted the online assessment.
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personality test/iq test
where are you in the process Nor?
Waiting
Nice, nice. Saw you post around, let's stay in touch about the process. Got my first round 2-3 days after the assess
Definitely. shoot me a pm
did HR inform you about the first round?
Yessir
did you do any networking? i've talked to an alum who referred me to 2 associates, but not sure when i should expect to hear about the interview
Based on the comments above, why would anyone want to work at a firm like this? Sorry for the stupid question, I am just trying to understand your rationale here.
Gotta do what you gotta do for offers. Dog eat dog world
does the online assessment actually matter? i know it's sort of like an IQ test
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waiting game now hbu? how was it?
does anyone know next steps after first round? or when they tell you? thanks!
does it stand for Full Time Partners
yes
Anyone hear anything yet?
They are doing OCR first round at my school next week with a superday on the 28th
Anyone been to their super day yet? What was it like?
Had a super day there recently, the group I was with all got offers the following Monday. The process itself was intense but I wouldn't say anything negative about the interviews. Don't memorize the interview guide answers, the technical session is meant to test your intuitions on accounting and valuation as opposed to running through numbers.
With all that being said, the process is different for everyone; you may or may not have additional phone calls following your super day, but that isn't a bad sign.
Thanks. Congrats on the offer!
I've got a series of interviews for full time coming up soon, could I get some more insight on the type of technicals they were asking? Anything specific to fintech?
FT Partners (Originally Posted: 09/13/2015)
Can anybody who has interviewed with them for FT provide some color on how long it takes for them to get back to you post superday? The interview process seemed more loosely structured and spread out timeline wise thats why I was wondering.
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I interviewed with the 3 weeks ago and asked about second round. He mentioned they won't respond back till October 9th for me, which is long. I have a second round that could turn into an offer with a boutique. I wouldn't like to hold up offers because some guy is slow to reject me.
I hope ib firms believe in rejection letters. The waiting game isn't much fun when planning my future.
just got invited to do the online assessment today
anyone going to the superday this week? Any tips/advice
bump, are they still hiring
I'm currently scheduled for a second round interview if that helps.
are you lateral /ft / internship?
2021 Cohort are currently positioned and 2020 have been retained/signed off.
Heard the majority of analyst got the promotion to associate so would most likely be very open to lateral analyst hirings.
For the more senior folk, some MDs recently left to pursue their own business or take on an opportunity that was gnawing at them for quite some time. Not a bad thing at all - people have to do what is right for them as well, don't you think? So Senior level positions are open as well FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD. CEO will want to talk to you though most likely so probably reach out to him or some other senior person to get the ball rolling. Be prepared though as FT Partners looks for the greatest and wisest of any role...not a pushover firm by any means.
How do you know so much about FTP internally if you actually work in PE? FT troll......
I didn't know that if you are in PE then you can't previously be in IB at a firm.
We need to consider both sides here. FT Partners is a solid boutique bank that is doing well in its niche and continuing to impress in the MM space. They work hard, sure but every bank does this and it's not like that's a bad thing when you have a lot of active deals that everyone is consistently working on. I really feel like people talk a little too much about the negatives of FT when we need to really consider that there are still a lot of great things that makes FT good to work for. Let's face it: if you had to choose between FT Partners and not investment banking, then everyone would definitely go with FT Partners.
PM me for any questions.
How to PM when you remain anonymous ? Thanks.
Would love to speak to you if possible as well!
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