What Commercial Real Estate Firms Are REALLY Looking For In Analyst Candidates [Right Now]

What Commercial Real Estate Firms Are REALLY Looking For In Analyst Candidates [Right Now] // When you interview for a job, it can seem like there are a million things you could (or should be doing) in order to make a good first impression.
But after going through this process many times when interviewing for jobs myself, and through helping Break Into CRE Academy members navigate the application and interview process over the past few years, I’ve been able to really zoom in on the key things that employers are really looking for when hiring analysts and associates at top real estate firms.
So if you’re about to go through this process yourself and want to make sure you’re focusing on the biggest wins that can separate you from the pack, in this video, let’s walk through the three most important things that employers are looking for in new hires at real estate private equity, brokerage, and lending shops right now, and how to present yourself as the perfect candidate for the position (on your resume and on interview day).
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0:00 Introduction
1:00 Do You Understand The Fundamentals?
4:23 Can I Trust Your Work?
6:31 Will You Stick Around?
8:53 How To Break In
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[@BreakIntoCRE]

What do you need the most help with of the three points mentioned in the video?

[@benjaminkrupp4759]

I just went through the interview process with a handful of private equity firms and debt funds. Of the points you mentioned I found the most challenging to be making sure you have a clear understanding of the company’s investment strategy and clear vision of where you see your career in the industry. In regards to the latter, I find that question particularly difficult to answer concisely as someone who recently graduated and isn’t exactly sure where they see themselves ending up.

[@BreakIntoCRE]

@@benjaminkrupp4759 great point and excellent feedback - thanks for adding this!

[@rustyshacklefordjr.1762]

I said this on the last video, but I owe my new brokerage position in part to your channel. THANK YOU dude, you are the goat for doing this.

[@BreakIntoCRE]

Awesome, Rusty! Congrats on breaking into brokerage and glad the channel could help!

[@akashgupta4393]

Your content is great, since I have landed an analyst job recently with a US based firm, I can guarantee these were the criteria on which I was judged too. Awesome work done bro, really appericiate it!

[@madison9474]

Hi, were you hired for a remote position? What were the interview questions?

[@davidroldan6007]

As always, THANK YOU, Justin.

[@BreakIntoCRE]

Thanks for your continued support, David!

[@michaelilo]

Hi Justin, your content is priceless. Do you think A.I will render analyst obsolete?

[@matthewconverse2450]

Thanks for another great video! I am someone who graduated with a poly sci degree, but am working on getting my REFM certificates. Do you think firms would want to hire me?

[@BreakIntoCRE]

Technical skills are far more important than degree in most cases - a poly sci degree shouldn't be a hindrance in landing a role. Good luck!

[@michaelsteliotes558]

I love the content. I am going through your Udemy courses currently. What would you say are the most selective/ prestigious commercial real estate positions for soon to be college graduates? Analyst positions at CBRE, JLL, or Cushman?

[@mohit13reddy]

Which courses are you taking on Udemy? are they related to real estate?

[@michaelsteliotes558]

@@mohit13reddy they are his real estate financial modeling Bootcamp courses

[@treydavis1723]

I have a Mac computer. Would it make more sense to learn excel modeling on a PC rather than a MacBook? What’s the standard in the industry?

[@CuteM6]

No, the REFM course teaches excel with both PC and Mac.

[@BreakIntoCRE]

PC is the standard in the industry hands down - if you have the ability to learn to model on Excel for Windows, I'd highly recommend it.

[@Woodshadow]

I'm going to agree with Justin here. You are going to want to learn on a PC. Mac's are considered the go to for artistic, design, video editing all the kind of stuff but for finance the go to has always been PC. In my professional career I have never worked anywhere that has given me a Mac computer.

[@JohnSmith-er3ei]

I was curious about getting into this. Currently doing brokerage part-time with a top, but independent broker… was considering pivoting. Can this be something that can be done part time in your opinion?

[@AmiltonLBaptista]

Commercial Real Estate isn’t a part-time gig like residential. The only way it works out is if: 1. You’re working full time at a brokerage where you practice as an agent/broker doing residential deals and getting your feet wet with local small commercial deals Or 2. You work a salaried position at a big CRE firm and get deal exposure on what they have. I’ve been in Brokerage since 2015 and full time since 2017. I wish I knew about this industry back in college because I would’ve gotten started back then.

[@BreakIntoCRE]

@@AmiltonLBaptista Great feedback and agreed - CRE brokerage is really a full-time endeavor and I haven't seen anyone do this successfully on a part-time basis.

[@rundat9]

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