Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en Point72 (New York, NY) en sept 2021
Entrevista
Applied, was asked to produce an investment memo including a three-statement excel model. Multiple interview rounds followed - first with HR and then investment professionals. HR interview was mostly fit and behavioral questions as well as more about your background. Investment professional interviews were more technical with a heavy emphasis on pitching ideas and responding to pushback from the interviewers.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Pitch me a stock, be prepared with multiple names outside of the case study they requested of you.
Talk about research process and philosophy.
Why switch over to the buy-side.
Me postulé a través de un reclutador. El proceso tomó 4 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Point72 (New York, NY) en feb 2026
Entrevista
First round screen with Bus Dev, and then model test- Model test was not too complicated, timed 45 minutes and all in excel. This is general test candidates take before resume is shown to PMs.
Interview process had multiple stages, but was fair. My project followed an in person interviews where I needed to talk through my findings and thought process. Overall, the experience was well done and the team was organized with communication being delivered throughout each milestone.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Please describe a time when you struggled and what did you learn from it.
a few rounds phone interviews, plus a data project with 1-week time. It is mainly in python and you are supposed to discover some alphas. So it is helpful to have some idea on the data or the familiarity with the data itself (or similar data) could help.
