Can anyone provide insight on Centerview Partners whether it be culture, interview process, etc

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They start you off with a math exam which is a joke, then usually 3 to 4 VP interviews heavy on technicals. Overall pretty straightforward. They get paid but they also get worked from what I found out.

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I heard u have to derive the Selberg trace formula

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It’s more of a mental test. When they ask if you would like to check your answers you always say yes even if you know you did it right. The math was about how you think and breaking down seemingly complex questions to their components.

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What kind of math we talking

Is it bad I found the math test hard? I don’t do shit like that mentally

^ yea I wasn’t really expecting it and bombed it awhile back. Was an analyst promote. Oh well...sounds like you went through the process?

I don’t get the point of mental math, everything we do is on excel

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