Everything to prepare for a K2 & Associates interview: why the firm, and the questions candidates there reported being asked.
From the inside
Reasons that work in interviews
4 reasons for K2 & Associates
Expect the real question underneath to be “why this strategy”, then “why this platform within it”. Have a view on long/short versus multi-manager versus event-driven before you have a view on the firm, and bring one idea you can defend.
Genuine short-selling research capability, which almost no Canadian firm has and which teaches you to interrogate a business rather than advocate for it.
Long/short with real conviction on both sides of the book.
Small team in Toronto: your work goes straight into positions.
If you want to learn forensic accounting and scepticism early, this is the sharpest version of that available in Canada.
Firm-specific questions
Why K2 & Associates over PineStone Asset Management or Polar Asset Management?
Anchor your answer in what sets it apart: event-driven multi-strategy fund since 2000; principals' own money is most of the capital; activist and sponsor of risk-capital deals; controlled by founder shawn kimel and his family.
With a single Toronto office and an investment team of under ten, what does an analyst's first year look like across arbitrage, long/short and natural-resource ideas?
3 more K2 & Associates-specific questions, each with what to cover and the sources behind it.
Coming soon
We’re collecting the real technical and behavioural questions candidates were asked at K2 & Associates, by role and office, and how each round runs.
When they’re in, they’ll be part of BSO Pro, which already has candidate reports for dozens of firms.
Interviewing there sooner than that? Get in touch and we’ll help you prepare.
