Ares Operations carries a Seen Grade of 68/100, with an average wait of about 25 days to hear back and a 25% ghost rate. Here's what applicants report.
Ares Management's operations/back-office entity (no existing Ares row; scored on Ares Management candidate data). Long structured process: ~25-day avg across 132 Glassdoor interviews, 60.6% positive; two phone rounds then a 5+ hour highly technical superday; Excel test + case study + 5+ individual interviews; HR screen into associate/VP then VP+MD rounds - 'a multitude of people over several weeks but everyone welcoming'. No Ares-specific ghosting complaints found. Evidence: 4 Glassdoor accounts. Reported average time to first response is about 25 days. Applicants report roughly 5 interview round(s).
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