1stWEST Mergers and Acquisitions Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (41%)

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
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (82%)

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.

5
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult

Interviews at 1stWEST Mergers and Acquisitions

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Year 2016
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Generalist
Location London
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Interview Questions & Answers - 1stWEST Mergers and Acquisitions Examples

Investment Banking Summer Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: 2016
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Called up for first round interview after completing all the online tests and situational judgement and essays.
Interview Questions
Most unexpected were market based questions on how US and UK equities were likely to go. Where were banker's opportunities in Asia and specific industry questions. I felt like I didn't have the opportunity to best present my skills because these were quite in depth and specific to the Asia Investment Banking market and only someone with MD level knowledge could probably have aced this part. The questions were different for each individual and unfortunately I did not manage to get through to the next round.