I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at TPG (Chicago, IL) in Jun 2026
Interview
Coffee chat with two AVPs (behavioral)
Case study with 2 page write up
Final round onsite (4 interviews with 2 people each).
Additional 30 minute virtual interview.
Everything is very standard and all interviewers are personable. Nobody tries to mess with you or stress test throughout then process. The trickiest part is in during the final round, a more technical interview with market sizing, brainteaser type questions, including identifying 3 companies by industry based on balance sheets. Everything else is behavioral.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have two companies, one with 5x and one with 3x leverage the day after the deal closes. Which is the riskier company?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at TPG (Chicago, IL) in Mar 2024
Interview
First round is a coffee chat for about 30 minutes where you will be asked typical behavioral based questions, and you will have a chance to ask questions to the interviews as well
Underwriting Associate applicants have rated the interview process at TPG with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Underwriting Associate roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at TPG overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at TPG as a Underwriting Associate according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
Phone interview: 17%
Personality test: 17%
Group panel interview: 17%
Background check: 17%
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