Goetzpartners Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (12%)

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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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Interview Difficulty (39%)

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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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% Interns - FT Offers (7%)

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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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Year 2018
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Paris
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Interview Questions & Answers - Goetzpartners Examples

M&A Analyst Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in Paris
Interviewed: March 2018
Date Submitted: Jun 11, 2018
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Background Check
Interview
First round consists in a fit interview lasting around an hour with an associate

Second round is a skill test. You have an hour and a half to (i) build a cash flow statement with a BS and a P&L (ii) project a 3 years business plan based on previous performances (every assumptions must be justified) and use these projections to build a DCF (iii) Use the DCF and the info of the BS to make the EV bridge (iv) make a debt schedule (v) build an LBO model using the info of the DCF (vi) compute cash on cash multiple and IRR

Third round is a interviews with D ans MD

Last round consists in a meeting with all the analysts to get to know you and determine if you're fitted to work with them
Interview Questions
What can you tell me about you that is not on your resume

How can you justify the use of a x% rate of perpetual growth

Two firms with the same EV. One has debt the other does not. Which will have the lower EV/EBITDA mutliple

How can you go from UFCF to LFCF

How do you handle an unjustified provision in a valuation

If I have a targeted IRR what would I use to determine how much equity I can put in an LBO acquisition

A MD asks you to make a quick presentation for a company you've never heard of. You have until 4 pm to deliver it before he goes to wherever. what would you do ?
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