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Investment Analyst at R.V. Kuhns
Posted Mar 6, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 in Portland, OR (took 3 weeks)
I became aware of this company through a colleague. Their offices were nice and the interviewers were very friendly. A basic Excel skills test was part of the interview, but it was not difficult (ie, basic counting functions and a few different charts). Be prepared to discuss past experience in your interview.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Investment Analyst at R.V. Kuhns
Posted Feb 15, 2012 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 (took 2 weeks)
My interview consisted of 2 people asking me questions about my resume. That was it! No behavioral questions. I was asked 0 technical questions like the previous candidates and was not asked about my work samples. The interviewers were SUPER nice though. The interview was about an hour, and I had Q&A time. I received a cookie cutter rejection, 3 days later with no real feedback; "we have a large pool of candidates to choose from, good luck." I don't think their pool is that big if they are still fishing on indeed. Very responsive to emails.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Investment Analyst at R.V. Kuhns
Posted Mar 9, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Portland, OR (took 4 weeks)
Easily one of the worst interview experiences I've ever had. Started with a phone interview, about 45 minutes of them asking me questions and 30 minutes of me asking them questions. Rather disorganized- I was told in an email that the interview would be on Friday the xx, when in actuality, the xx was a Wednesday. Basically, I had to leave in the middle of class and find somewhere to have the interview after they confirmed the interview was on Wednesday, yet made no effort to acknowledge their mistake- somehow the mix up was my fault.
After being offered an in person interview, I got pretty excited. When the interview started, it quickly turned into 3 people on their high horses essentially telling me how great the company is and that they were above me. Every one of my response was misconstrued and I was told what was wrong with my response- when in actuality they were attacking me for things I never came close to saying.
May be a better culture once you are actually inside the company, but the interview process was miserable
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short excel test / finance knowledge test
One good thing: Their Portland, OR office is pretty impressive aesthetically.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Investment Analyst at R.V. Kuhns
Posted Feb 19, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Portland, OR (took 1 week)
The company was not very friendly in emails at the beginning of the interview process. They did not include much information about the position or the interview process in emails and did not seem to be open to answering questions. Email responses also took days. When I got to the office, my impression over email was correct. The office was not easy to find and the people there seemed very unfriendly.
I am not even sure why I was chosen to interview there because the interview consisted mainly of personal attacks directed at my intelligence and team skills. The question about how much of my success was based on intelligence rather than hard work was an especially strange one. The people interviewing me seemed to pick questions to convince themselves that I didn't want to work there and that I was not a good fit for the job. They seemed very dismissive of my education, even though it is on the same level as their own. They acted as though they were Ivy League educated and that the firm is Wall Street quality, but neither of these are true.
By the end of the interview, I was sure that I didn't want to work for this imitation of a high class investment firm.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Investment Analyst at R.V. Kuhns
Posted Feb 14, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Portland, OR (took 1 week)
The investment analyst position is an hourly, entry-level job that is typically offered to kids straight out of college, which was not clear in the job description. As such, I was surprised that they brought me in since I have an MBA and years of experience, including work in equity analysis. Once I learned that the position was hourly, below my minimum pay standards, and entry-level (without the option to fast-track if you come in with an advanced degree and more experience) I decided I would turn down any requests for further interviews.
The interview was standard, including questions such as:
-Why are you interested in this job?
-What would you have done differently at your previous jobs?
-How do you know if you are successful in your work?
-Do you consider yourself an intellectual?
The interviewers enjoyed asking me follow-on clarifying questions if I included any vague terminology in my responses. Be prepared to think quick and defend yourself.
The interview committee did not hesitate in asking me explicitly what my starting salary was at my first job out of undergrad (5 years ago and irrelevant), who else I was interviewing with and who else had made me offers. I indicated that I was in talks for associate positions at the two Portland-area investment banks, business valuation firms, and economic consultancies--which they noted accordingly.
I found the interviewers to be lacking in personality and pretty stuck-up for what is apparently an off-Wall Street sector firm. They seemed to believe that I should be begging for the job, despite the fact that I was clearly overqualified. The folks at the investment banks are a lot more fun, the work more interesting (albeit harder) and the pay is better! It seems like if you are interested in running black box financial models to evaluate mutual fund performance and working overtime for sub-standard pay this is your place.
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Reason for Declining
Over-qualification.
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Investment Analyst at R.V. Kuhns
Posted Oct 24, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Portland, OR (took a day)
They invited me in immediately, told me how stressful the job would be and then asked me a series of questions about why I like the investment industry, my experience, and how I would benefit them. Asked me my biggest weakness, what my last employer would say my biggest weakness would be, and then proceeded to grill me on how terrible my weaknesses were. 2 of them were really nice, pleasant and nice to talk to, 2 of them were aggressive, emotional and really turned the interview into a trainwreck.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Investment Analyst at R.V. Kuhns
Posted Sep 16, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Portland, OR (took 6 weeks)
First you receive an email, the hiring manager requests college transcripts, application (salary range), and a relevant work sample. About a month or so after they email you, you will receive a panel interview. They will also point out any mistakes you may have made on your resume (grammatical errors, inconsistencies..etc)
The interview starts off with them introducing you to the hiring manager and 4 or so investment analysts.
Some other questions that were asked were:
How did you prepare for the interview?
Give an example of how you pay attention to details.
What are things that your previous manager would mention you need to work on?
What are your weaknesses?
How good are you at excel (scale 1 out of 10)?
What type of formulas have you used in the past?
Give an example of a time you made a mistake.
What is something that your previous employer could have done better?
What type of job would you like to do if you already had all the required experience?
You will also be asked to ask them questions.
They informed me after the interview that I was against approximately 10 other candidates. Also, make sure you look over basic financial concepts (standard deviation, how to calculate returns, what a benchmark is).
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Investment Analyst at R.V. Kuhns
Posted Nov 3, 2009 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 in Portland, OR (took 6 weeks)
Saw an online posting for the position a college career site and sent in a cover letter and resume. Was contacted a few weeks later about a conference call with the department manager and team.
The first conference call was mostly an informational interview (approximately 1hr) with common questions such as:
What are your strengths? Weaknesses?
Tell us about yourself?
Tell us about your best/worst professor?
Why didn't you like your worst professor?
Is your GPA representative of your abilities?
Why do you enjoy finance?
After a two week process of interviewing the other candidates, they emailed again requesting a second conference call interview. This time the department manager was out of the office, so it was conducted by the team. This interview was a bit shorter, only about 40mins. The questions were primarily behavioral:
Tell us about a time where you didn't like your supervisor? What didn't you like about them?
If you were to make an error on a 100pg report and were called on the phone by the client what would you say to them?
How would you solve a problem about a concept you didn't understand?
Again another two weeks went by and a third email asking to visit the headquarter office to meet the manager and team. The onsite interview was rather short considering it was the 3rd interview. Again mainly informational/behavioral questions. Rather repetitive and similar to the first two interviews.:
GPA, what classes brought it up and which ones brought it down?
How do you get through things you do not enjoy doing?
Tell us about the biggest criticism you've ever received?
How do you deal with teammates that do not work hard? Would you pick these teammates again?
After about an 1hr20mins of interview questions, an brief (10 questions) EXCEL test and Investment knowledge test were given. Followed by a very brief tour of the building. At which point they said they'd be in contact with me soon.
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