I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Ares Management (New York, NY) in Mar 2021
Interview
Highly Technical first round. And then they also grilled me on the 2nd round on technicals and on behavioral. Come prepared with questions for your interview which should hopefully help ease the process and take up time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time someone you trust told you advice and you went against it
3 rounds, each round 30 minutes with 2 people. 1st one is technical, 2nd is behavioral, 3rd is technical with a small LBO case. People are very nice. Next round is a week after the prior round so the process moved fast
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the tranches in a company's capital structure
I interviewed at Ares Management (London, England)
Interview
Super behavioural- not that difficult, what you would expect from a first round interview. Not actually with the HR but a Dartmouth Partners person, to pre-screen. Second rounds were video interviews, more technical stuff, then superday.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Super behavioural/ Why Ares, Walk me through your CV, Why secondaries, Which team, and why?
First round was 1 technical and 1 behavioral. Technical was heavily focused on resume and behavioral was more of a conversation about my background and how it would be a good fit for the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk me through your resume.
Tell me about a recent trend
Tell me about the current state of interest rates
Summer Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Ares Management with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 86% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Analyst roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 14 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Ares Management overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Ares Management as a Summer Analyst according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 37%
Presentation: 26%
One on one interview: 16%
Drug test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
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