EC Mergers and Acquisitions Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (18%)

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Interview Difficulty (62%)

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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.

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Off-Cycle Investment Banking Intern Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: July 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Applied for a IB Off-Cycle Analyst Intern position in New York. I applied online directly to the MD where I was pushed straight away to go for a quick phone interview - purely fit and then got invited for a final round in London. I got told in advance that I would not be supported in securing a Visa by EuroConsult (EC M&A) if I was to do the internship - I said yes anyway. There was 2 rounds of 2 people interviewing me - half fit, personality which went well, then a huge grilling of my CV on technicals (Think DCF, Three statements etc.) then on the market overall, What equities I am interested in, what M&A deals interested me recently, what did EuroConsult do and then a final question which was if I wanted to ask them anything.

Overall the fit and technical answers went well however the market questions (for me) went terribly. Got on well with them. I would highly advise being up to date with the latest mergers, know EVERYTHING about the company before the interview and be ready to get your knowledge and CV absolutely grilled.

I had the interview today so am waiting to hear back - mixed feelings - however I hope that I may have squeezed through on the fit questions despite the fiasco on the M&A/Market/Equity questions.

Tip: DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ON YOUR CV THAT YOU ARE NOT 100% ABLE TO BACK UP - THEY WILL TRY TO EXPLOIT YOU AS THE INTERVIEW WAS 2 ROUNDS OF 2 ON 1 AND HIGH PRESSURE GRILLING.

Good luck and don't forget to do your research on the M&A Industry and the company indepthly beforehand.

Interview Questions
1) What top 5 stock picks would you choose,
2) Whats your favourite equity at the moment,
3) What do you do on a day to day basis as a analyst at the firm
4) Tell me about a time when your were working in a team and how you would approach asking someone something you didn't know etc.
5) Walk me through a DCF, what is it used for?
6) Walk me through your resume (deep grilling)
7) What do you think about Japanese stocks/companies?
8) Tell me about club/camp/extra-curricular (etc.)