Intern
Status
Intern at
Group/Division/Type
Investment Banking
City
Paris
Interviewed
October 2023
Overall experience
Difficulty
General Interview Information
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Interview Details
What did the interview consist of?
1 on 1 Interview
Please describe the interview / hiring process.
Degroof Petercam T1 (2 analysts) 1h:
-Mutual introductions
-Questions about my background, my exact tasks during internships: they probe into my understanding of the tasks
-Why corporate finance? Why Degroof?
-Technical questions: explain a P&L, how would you value a listed company?
How does a DCF work? How do you calculate the terminal value?
-A company profile to be completed within 24 hours
2nd Interview 2h:
-Questions about my background, my current tasks, similar to the first interview
-If you had to invest in a company, which one would you choose? -They push the reflection quite far
-How would you value a company using comparable companies? -> Use the bridge formula to derive multiples from comparables and apply them to a company
Exercises:
-First correction exercise: an Excel file with errors or missing information (on deals) to correct
-Second exercise: LBO paper
-Third exercise: Questions on an Excel database (knowing how to use a table with filters)
-Mutual introductions
-Questions about my background, my exact tasks during internships: they probe into my understanding of the tasks
-Why corporate finance? Why Degroof?
-Technical questions: explain a P&L, how would you value a listed company?
How does a DCF work? How do you calculate the terminal value?
-A company profile to be completed within 24 hours
2nd Interview 2h:
-Questions about my background, my current tasks, similar to the first interview
-If you had to invest in a company, which one would you choose? -They push the reflection quite far
-How would you value a company using comparable companies? -> Use the bridge formula to derive multiples from comparables and apply them to a company
Exercises:
-First correction exercise: an Excel file with errors or missing information (on deals) to correct
-Second exercise: LBO paper
-Third exercise: Questions on an Excel database (knowing how to use a table with filters)
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