J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Point72 (New York, NY) en sept. 2021
Entretien
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.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 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.
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Point72 (New York, NY) en févr. 2026
Entretien
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.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Please describe a time when you struggled and what did you learn from it.
J'ai passé un entretien chez Point72 (New York, NY)
Entretien
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.
