Cook M&A Advisory Services Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (29%)

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.

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  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (34%)

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

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Year 2013
Job Title Intern
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Location Chicago
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Summer Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Chicago
Interviewed: April 2013
Date Submitted: May 07, 2013
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Received interview after cold-emailing several MDs in the firm.

First interview consisted for phone interview with VP. Very laid-back person. Few technical questions as well as 1 brain teaser. Lasted about 30 minutes.

Second interview consisted of several back to back Skype interviews with different MDs in the firm. Lasted about 2 and a half hours.
Interview Questions
When a comparable company does not follow the calendar year for its public reporting, what adjustment must you make when doing a comparable company analysis in order to properly value the firm in question?
Similar to calculating the LTM values, take the numbers from the previous year and add them up by quarter, so the multiples match the other comparable company multiples.
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