Candidates applying for Portfolio Manager roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Dimensional Fund Advisors overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Dimensional Fund Advisors as a Portfolio Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Dimensional Fund Advisors (Charlotte, NC) in May 2025
Interview
The Sr Recruiter cancelled the 1st interview 3-mins prior and would take weeks to reply and didn't tell me there was a hard stop on the following interviews. She also offered a follow-up call to explain the decision and I'm still awaiting a time after a couple follow-ups. Very unprofessional experience!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do WE end up being lead holders of names? Do YOU know what metric WE use for OUR sorts? Do YOU know the other factor WE sort for? What metric do YOU think WE'RE using to measure profitability? How do YOU think that WE decide what's in a high profitability portfolio and the cut-offs WE use? How do YOU think WE capture these drivers in OUR Core Strategy vs OUR market neutral strategy?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Dimensional Fund Advisors (London, England) in Feb 2016
Interview
It was a phone interview with HR.
Very standard questions about your CV, past experience, past education...
They also wanted to know your interest for the company and more specifically for the job.
They were also interested in knowing my interest for passive fund (vs active fund).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why DFA?
Why portfolio manager?
Why are you interested in passive fund?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Dimensional Fund Advisors (Austin, TX) in Jun 2015
Interview
it's a panel interview with one portfolio manager head and two PMs. all technical questions, basically portfolio management theory and portfolio implementation. interviewers also introduced firm's culture, and team structure