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Bridgewater Associates interviews FAQs
Investment Associate Summer applicants have rated the interview process at Bridgewater Associates with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 41.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Investment Associate Summer roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 30 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bridgewater Associates overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bridgewater Associates as a Investment Associate Summer according to 30 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 37%
Personality test: 25%
One on one interview: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Presentation: 4%
Skills test: 3%
Phone interview: 3%
Background check: 3%
Other: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I interviewed at Bridgewater Associates (Westport, CT)
Interview
Applied online and received an offer to interview a few days later.
Interview lasted from 8 AM to 3 PM. Began with videos about Bridgewater's culture and then went on to have one life interview with an associate and then had an intense hour long conversation with two investment associates. Had a group interview after that with 5 other really qualified candidates.
Make sure you're able to come up with really solid logical arguments and be able to support everything you say, everyone who did well was extremely good at debating and arguing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you could genetically modify your children? Would you and with what conditions?
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bridgewater Associates (Washington, DC) in Oct 2021
Interview
The first round interview essentially consists of the interviewer meeting with a group of about 4 candidates. They give you one question and you all discuss it for about an hour. The interviewer will let the interview progress naturally and see how candidates interact with each other, and then add a new twist into it to see how you all respond.
The question had nothing at all to do with finance.
I didn't get invited for a second-round and was never given a reason, but I'd say I walked away feeling like I was given a fair shot. They seem to place a lot of emphasis on testing what's under the hood.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you could press a button to go back to 1940, before nuclear weapons were invented, would you press it - bearing in mind that if you did humanity would never technologically advance past its current point?
There's a group discussion and then a one on one (or a two on one).
Minimal focus on actual finance (they believe they'll have to re-teach everything anyway), so the discussions are about broader socio-political or sometimes ethical questions. Focus is on the ability to systematically explain your thinking ("what's your framework?")
Having a super clear reasoning tree is helpful.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They actually let interviewees suggest their own questions sometimes.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bridgewater Associates
Interview
Multiple rounds of debate-like moral and philosophical questions and a smattering of resume and behavioral questions. Mainly to test decision-making abilities and your overall argumentative skills rather than in-depth knowledge of finance or current affairs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to invest a certain amount of money from a government perspctive