CW Downer Interview Questions

3 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (47%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.3
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (84%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

3.3
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (39%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at CW Downer

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Intern
Year 2015
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location Boston
Experience
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Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2015
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Boston
Experience
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Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location Madrid
Experience
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Difficulty
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Interview Questions & Answers - CW Downer Examples

Summer analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Boston
Interviewed: February 2015
Date Submitted: Dec 24, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
A three on one phone interview with three analysts. Didn't get notified and invited to the second round, which took place in the following week.
Interview Questions
Nothing unexpected really, standard banking interview questions. Find a prep guide online, know your story, basic accounting/valuation stuff, and why this firm, and you are good to go.
Sample Answer

Intern Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in Boston
Interviewed: March 2015
Date Submitted: Aug 07, 2015
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I applied online with a resume drop, and they contacted me for an initial phone call. I talked to an analyst for around 10 minutes (purely behavioral), before they transferred me to a VP and associate. I was then contacted by an analyst 2 months later with a phone call that was almost entirely behavioral. Overall, a 2-3 month process with no final offer.

Interview Questions
First I started with an analyst for 10 minutes (purely behavioral). Then I was transferred to a VP and associate. These guys started asking technical questions, which were easy at first but climbed in difficulty.

They went in depth on Accounting, asking about how changes in depreciation affect all three statements, how all 3 of them are connected, and what entries are effected when you buy a piece of equipment with bad debts expense write-off. I got most of these right, except the 3rd one, which I had absolutely no clue how to answer.

They also asked how to value a company, the process of selling a company to a strategic acquirer (missed this one), and how to determine accretion/dilution.

Finally, a few months later, another analyst had one more call with me (almost entirely behavioral). This was in early April. I ended up not getting an offer.
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M&A Analyst Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Madrid
Interviewed: September 2014
Date Submitted: Aug 03, 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Applied online and got an email to set up a 1 on 1 interview. Questions were mostly technical about valuation and M&A processes, documents, etc. Passed that round and got a second interview with the associate that was also mostly technical with kind of the same questions and a couple motivational questions. No behavioral questions.
Interview Questions
Depreciation questions. How do you value a private company? Tell me about the last deal you followed/liked. Why?
Sample Answer