BDA Partners Interview Questions

9 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (76%)

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.

3.6
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (92%)

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
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  • Average
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% Interns - FT Offers (54%)

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 BDA Partners

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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2023
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Shanghai
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location Central
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2021
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Hong Kong
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
3rd+ Year Analyst
Year 2021
Job Title 3rd+ Year Analyst
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Central
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2021
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Generalist
Location Hong Kong Island
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Associate
Year 2017
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Hong Kong
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2017
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Hong kong
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2015
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Associate
Year 2011
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Hong Kong
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - BDA Partners Examples

Off-cycle Intern Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in Shanghai
Interviewed: April 2023
Date Submitted: May 17, 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
First comes HR CV screening, after around 1 week was invited to on-site interview. Interview consists of 3 rounds with MDs and Partners
Interview Questions
The value M&A bankers create; business writing skills
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Intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Central
Interviewed: June 2022
Date Submitted: Jul 27, 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
An online tests followed by a one-pager test. First round was with analysts and associates and mainly fit questions.
Interview Questions
Quite standard questions
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Intern Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous employee in Hong Kong
Interviewed: September 2021
Date Submitted: Feb 04, 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
Online skills test (think 1-2 page pitch)
Interview with junior Analysts - fit
Interview with VP and MD - technical, esp. regarding M&A
Interview with Partner - fit
Interview Questions
Walk me through an M&A process
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Investment Banking Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in Central
Interviewed: June 2021
Date Submitted: Aug 31, 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Other
Interview
Admin reached out to schedule. They expected your urgent availability and didn't give heads up that they were expecting to do multiple rounds that day, even though I asked. That's a bit to be expected from a bigger shop, but alas....Interview itself was pretty standard - anticipate 1-on-1 and 2-on-1 interviews with all of the seniors. Directors and VP will ask more about your LBO modeling and accounting skills so be prepared for that. Otherwise behaviorals are standard, just know your resume in and out.
Interview Questions
They expected a much deeper walk though of an LBO than I thought they would.
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Spring Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Hong Kong Island
Interviewed: January 2021
Date Submitted: Mar 11, 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Other
Interview
Had to take a logical reasoning test and a financial test online. Second round was a company profile test. Third round was interview and modelling test,
Interview Questions
Nothing was difficult. Basic sell-side questions and DCF.
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Associate Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous employee in Hong Kong
Interviewed: July 2017
Date Submitted: Sep 19, 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
I was referred by the my friend who knows the VP in the firm. I met the VP and 2 MDs in the process. Mostly discussing deal experiences, less technical questions asked. Took a bit while for the company to get internal approval
Interview Questions
Nothing very difficult to be frank, as it is mainly going through the deal experiences. I would actually consider Q&A session being important. At Associate level and / or above, they will expect you to know the investment banking industry, how it works, and what kind of deals are in the market, what may be workable strategy (this can lead to interesting discussion surrounding what the employers are doing and why they are doing that) => shows you are in the business. And of course, as a very basic, you kneed to know the deals you've worked on inside out
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analyst intern Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in Hong kong
Interviewed: June 2017
Date Submitted: Sep 14, 2017
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
applied online first, received an email few days later from a recruiter to set up an inital phone interview
Interview Questions
initially thought it would be just standard investment banking technical and behavioral questions, however, after a few standard questions, the associate asked me about a case study question. The case study scenario was about Starbucks trying to enter the coffee market in Italy. He asked what are some of the methods for market entry and what are some factors to consider. The question wasn't very difficult, just trying to test your logical thinking skills and a basic understanding of the different market strategies.
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Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: 2015
Date Submitted: Dec 07, 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
I came from a non-target which had zero alum so I got a referral from the company I was doing a corp dev summer internship for at the time and was able to score an interview after a brief phone screen. BDA Partners seems to be very very fit based and while technical skills are valued, the VP's and MD's really want to see fi you're a fun/not boring person. Analysts and associates seemed to ask most of the technicals (M&A finance and accounting) but in general seemed to want you to do well. Be very well prepared to know the answer to the question "why M&A?". Also know your resume inside out.
Interview Questions
As said before, this was a very culture focused interview and they mostly wanted to see whether you'd fit in since it is a boutique after all. One of the most unexpected questions came from my resume which had science experience. The associate interviewing me had experience in healthcare PE and immediately asked me to speak to that experience.
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Associate Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in Hong Kong
Interviewed: 2011
Date Submitted: Jan 21, 2015
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Internal referral through existing staff. Fairly straightforward process and no nonsense. Two calls with MD to get to know each other then flew down to Hong Kong to meet senior staff, discuss details. Hired immediately after the interview.
Interview Questions
China Market Risk Premium calculation --how would you do it? Needed to describe which inputs to use and how to position this. Very technical.
Describe PE contacts and network within Asia. Basically wanted people with strong existing network to start plugging holes in coverage and start getting out to win pitches.
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