Real Estate Financial Modeling Interview Exam Questions - What You Need To Know

Real Estate Financial Modeling Interview Exam Questions - What You Need To Know // When applying for a real estate analyst or real estate associate job in private equity real estate, just writing “proficient in Microsoft Excel” on your resume usually won’t cut it. During the interview process, many private equity real estate companies will give potential real estate analyst hires a real estate financial modeling interview exam, where you’ll have to demonstrate your knowledge and your ability to calculate real estate investment returns and metrics for various scenarios.

But what is actually in one of those real estate financial modeling interview exams? What should you be prepared to tackle on interview day?

That’s what we’re going to cover in today’s video.

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[BreakIntoCRE]

Anything you've been asked in an interview that I missed? Let me know in the comments below. Thanks for watching!

[chrischristian]

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[ColesCarCave]

I'll be a Junior in college next year and have shifted my focus towards getting a significant CRE summer internship in 2020 and these videos help so much! Thank you so much, I'll be recommending your channel to my fellow students.

[yuanli]

very general questions, eg, in current market, which type of property u will invest? where? why?

[LGoromonzi]

I am an accountant with an interest in real estate, and this is brilliant!!

[yuanli]

just one suggest for your future course:
how to build a multi-let property cash flow and apply the concepts on a hypothetical case study.

The ‘Rent Function’ and Multi-let cash flows
The ‘date problem’ and assumptions in property asset cash flows
Reducing the rent function, intermediate calculations and modelling theory
Modelling lease expiries, break clauses, voids, and upward only covenants
Incorporating time-varying rental growth rates
Analysing multi-let cash flows to see if the leases are sufficiently diversified.

[jasonyang]

I already bought your course on Udemy, thanks

[tagritel]

The awful reality is, I have an engineering degree, 3 yo experience as a product manager and 1+ year in SaaS sales and only recently I got into real estate. With that package, no one will want me to be an asset manager no matter if I take your course or not...

[Gfield-rzli]

Are you familiar with the CCIM designation? If so, do you think it is relevant for asset managers?

[alexcrocker]

Hi, I am really interested in a career in CRE and I am really interested in learning more about modelling. Do you know of any good modelling courses or resources where I can learn more?

[JasonTsalkas]

Can you provide a sample, downloadable "interview exam Excel sheet"?

[mullehetz]

how would you model the interest payments and loan payoff when CF is quarterly and not annually?

[karenbasulto]

I’m for sure not going to get the job. I don’t know any of this but I have an interview on Friday. Any tips?