I applied through university. I interviewed at BDO (Milwaukee, WI)
Interview
Applied on campus career website. The first round interview was on campus with one of the partners. Very conversational, went over my resume, asked tons of questions about my interests, hobbies, allowed me to ask questions as well.
Second interview was an office visit. 3 interviews. The interview with the director threw me off. She started by telling me she wanted to answer any questions I may have. It wound up on her talking about her children. Then interviewed with a manager and another person whose title I cannot remember.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a challenging situation as a team member, and how you handled it.
About ARR Investment Partners
ARR Investment Partners manages a Global Long / Short Equity strategy designed to deliver positive returns in all market conditions. Since inception in May 2013, the strategy delivered total returns >100% and got shortlisted for best global l/s equity hedgefunds with less than 500 mln AuM. In March 2020 we generated +19% for our investors while the market suffered drawdown. We built our in-house portfolio and risk management system, and we use both state of the art quantitative and bottom-up fundamental elements in our investment process.
Job Description
Working directly alongside the Founder / Portfolio Manager and the quantitative analyst, the role will focus on all aspects of the investment process, serving as a protégé to the PM, with a view of developing into a full time Portfolio Manager. The role will involve working on fundamental equity analysis, financial modeling, fundamental bottom-up sector research and analysis. You will be encouraged to develop your own investment ideas which will be implemented in the investment portfolio.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at BDO (London, England) in Jun 2019
Interview
The online test included 4 tests:
SJT + Numerical + Logical + Verbal
you will know the outcome of each test in several minutes and then receive a hyperlink to the next test
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first three parts are not hard, the last one is a little tricky (including 5 sections and each has 4 questions)
I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at BDO (Chicago, IL) in Feb 2017
Interview
2 Interviews with a Manager and a Partner; They were both really nice and insightful. I was able to freely ask any questions about the company. They also gave me their emails to reach out at anytime.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time where you handled a difficult situation