I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at The Blackstone Group in Nov 2015
Interview
Phone interviews, 3 rounds - Principal, 2 Associates, HR
Dropped resume through BX website. Entire process took 2 months. Nice HRs; interview experience varied depending on the interviewer's type. For each interview, there was always at least one technical question.
Tips: Know the market well. Know recent trends and capital activities very well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to value a commercial property; basic irr calculation; cap rate; debt equity
I interviewed at The Blackstone Group (London, England)
Interview
2 x 2 interviews, asset management and acquisition team together, test motivation, market knowledge, paper LBO, lots of valuation metrics and follow up questions. Pretty interesting but ready to resume grill in very detailed and some assumptions and scenarios
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at The Blackstone Group (New York, NY) in Feb 2025
Interview
two first rounds, one behavioral mostly on background and passion for real estate, one technical on basic real estate concepts like cap rate and what risks a firm takes on
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how to calculate NOI when you have cap rate and purchase price
First applied on their website and received a Pymetrics games link right after - next step is recorded Interview on pymetrics, not sure if everyone receives it but got it a few weeks after app, it consist of 4 questions i believe - HR reached out to schedule1st round phone interview -heard back 1 or2 days after 1st round for the superday - superday was 3 back to back interviews
Real Estate Summer Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at The Blackstone Group with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Real Estate Summer Analyst roles take an average of 59 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The Blackstone Group overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The Blackstone Group as a Real Estate Summer Analyst according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
One on one interview: 25%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Other: 13%
Skills test: 13%
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