DBO Partners Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (93%)

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4.3
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Interview Difficulty (72%)

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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.

2.6
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Interviews at DBO Partners

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Interview Questions & Answers - DBO Partners Examples

Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco
Interviewed: April 2022
Date Submitted: Jul 20, 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
The application was made available to my school and I just sent in my resume via a student organization. From there I was invited to a first round interview.
Interview Questions
They really dug into individual line items on my resume and why SF/tech would be a good fit for me.
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Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview - Technology

Anonymous employee in San Francisco
Interviewed: June 2019
Date Submitted: Jan 06, 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Like 2-3 phone interviews (story-building and basic technicals) and then a superday with 6 groups of 2 (either vps, associates, analysts, and then a couple of partners at the final stages)
Interview Questions
accounting, ev/equity value, valuations
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Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco
Interviewed: April 2020
Date Submitted: Aug 13, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Really casual first-round interview. Mostly behavioral, no technical. seemed just like a coffee chat.
Interview Questions
It felt just like a conversation, so I wouldn't say there was anything particularly tough or difficult. There were typical behavioral questions going in, like why are you interested in the firm and why are you interested in the industries they operate in. You should be sure you know why you're interested in the firm because they really focus on culture fit and they want to make sure that you are a great person to get along with. I got asked about why I'm interested in investment banking, probably also due to my unique background.
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Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco
Interviewed: April 2020
Date Submitted: Jun 23, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Applied online through the university portal, got a first round phone screen, then there was a superday the next week, and then offers came out
Interview Questions
The process was entirely behavioral with no technical questions asked, and so it was all about the interviewers trying to understand your personality and fit.

For me, they asked a lot about my high school experience, since I'm an international student. The founding partners were very conversational while the more junior interviewers asked standard fit questions. Hardest one for me was "You seem to disagree a lot with your boss in your previous internship, how did you handle that?"

Other questions included "Walk me through your resume", "Why did you choose X as the WACC number on this model?" The second one was when I was talking about a model that I made where I overstated WACC to get conservative numbers.

Also, "You seem to have lots of investing internships. Are you sure you want to do banking?"
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Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in San Francisco
Interviewed: November 2018
Date Submitted: Jun 05, 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
The hiring process for DBO is very straightforward. It's a small boutique, so the process is very organic and personal. You won't find "hirevues" or online personality tests here. I'll also say that, because the firm is nimble, the process is more flexible for people with exploding offers. The process generally goes: apply online, phone screen, and a super day.
Interview Questions
The interview questions are almost entirely experience and resume-based. I was asked many questions about sections of my resume that interviewers at other banks probably didn't even bother to look at. It's very clear from the interview questions that DBO values good character and qualities. Make sure you can discuss in detail each section of the resume, including your university, work experiences, club involvements, and hobbies/interests. There were some questions about sector trends and deals in that sector, but you'd expect these at most investment banking interviews anyway. DBO doesn't care if you memorized what happens to the 3 statements when you buy an asset for 50% cash and 50% debt. They're confident that you either already know it based on your previous experiences or that you will learn it once you join the firm. Focus on behaviorals, which can be just as tricky as technicals.
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IB Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco
Interviewed: February 2019
Date Submitted: May 26, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
applied through Handshake, got phone screen, did a first phone onterview round, no Superday invite
all behavioral, super easy
Interview Questions
nothing crazy-- tell me about yourself, activitiess, if I mentioned something finance related they asked follow up questions
super chill, was not hard
asked about me and my extracurricular, interests, hometown, definitely felt more like a networking call
it was mostly me asking them questions about the firm
asked me if I knew what bankers, do, about interest in tech, asked why SF, asked why a small firm, things of that sort
I mentioned I had some experience with modeling and they asked about it
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Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in San Francisco
Interviewed: March 2020
Date Submitted: May 19, 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I applied online, had a ohone screen the next week, then the superdays were a week after, then offers came out.
Interview Questions
The interview questions were entirely behavioral. I was very surprised to see they didn't have any technical questions. They started off asking about my resume, tell me about yourself, then they asked more in depth about my previous work experiences. What did I like and what I wish was different about my internships. They asked more about smaller details in my resume, such as my interests. Then they asked about why I wanted to work for their firm as well as why I wanted to go into EB as opposed to bulge bracket.
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